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Concerns Over CTE Risks in Youth Football

8 articles from 4 outlets First seen: August 25, 2026
Outlets: 2 left · 1 right · 1 unclassified · Earliest publisher-stamped report: New York Times

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What every side reports

about 25 percent of the nearly 900 former N.F.L. players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy
New York Times · PBS NewsHour
At least one in four NFL players has CTE when they die
PBS NewsHour · New York Times

Framing spectrum · 4 outlets

wirepublicmainstream flavoredpartisanadvocacy
Range 4–30/100 (Wire-neutral → Mainstream) Average 10 Articles by lean: 5 left · 0 center · 2 right · 1 unclassified

Coverage patterns

Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): New York Times (left), Aug 25, 09:33 UTC.

Lean Outlets Articles Who
Left 2 5 New York Times, Vox
Right 1 2 Fox News
Unclassified 1 1 PBS NewsHour
Report-by-report timeline · 8

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