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THE SAME WORDS, PRINTED DIFFERENTLYTuesday 01 September 2026

4 outlets quote this line 2 different ways.

battlefordsnow.com: “While people do have their preferences, there’s considerable overlap in fan interest in the two leagues.”; castanet.net: “While people do have their preferences, there's considerable overlap in fan…

As published

5 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

battlefordsnow.com as published: Survey finds there’s plenty of interest in Canada in both the CFL and NFLbattlefordsnow.com2026-09-02 11:18:55castanet.net as published: Survey finds there's plenty of interest in Canada in both the CFL and NFLcastanet.net2026-09-02 11:18:55cfjctoday.com as published: Survey finds there’s plenty of interest in Canada in both the CFL and NFLcfjctoday.com2026-09-02 11:18:55theguardian.com as published: Who would fall in love with a fake NFL player? Plenty of sensible peopletheguardian.com2026-09-02 11:18:55tsn.ca as published: Survey finds there's plenty of interest in Canada in both the CFL and NFLtsn.ca2026-09-02 11:18:55

Attributed to no one

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theguardian.com

  • prosecutors are claiming they are a flight risk

named elsewhere in the same article: unspecified (no actor given); court documents; unspecified

What this entry found

  • ONE SOURCE, MANY MASTHEADS

    5 outlets carried this. They resolve to 2 independent sources.

    A reader sampling these outlets received 2 accounts, not 5.

  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    theguardian.com carried 6 details no other outlet reported.

    • Love allegedly fabricated an entire online persona as a San Francisco 49ers player, posting photos and videos in Niners gear and posing with expensive cars
    • Love allegedly used AI to trick search engine results to add credibility to his claims of football success with the 49ers
    • There is a video of Love running wide receiver routes on the beach in a helmet
    • Daejon Love is charged with posing as an NFL player to scam women out of approximately $1.3 million
    • Taylor Jamie Chen is charged as Love's alleged accomplice in the scheme
    • Federal authorities have charged Love and Chen, with prosecutors claiming they are a flight risk

How the poll was reported

4 of 6 stated across the articles in this entry.

  • The articles describe a sampled poll rather than an opt-in one.
  • Pollster: Angus Reid.
  • Who was sampled: representative national sample of Canadians.
  • Sample size: 1,500.
  • When conducted: December 2025.
  • Commissioned by: not stated in any article.
  • Margin of error: not stated in any article.
  • Question wording published: not in any article.

This lists what the articles said and did not say. A detail missing here may appear in the pollster's own release; it was not in the coverage.

5outlets→2independent
What happened, for context

This cluster contains two unrelated events. Four outlets (battlefordsnow.com, castanet.net, cfjctoday.com, tsn.ca) carried identical wire copy reporting a national survey by sociologist Reginald Bibby in collaboration with Angus Reid on Canadian fan interest in the CFL and NFL, conducted in December 2025 with 1,500 respondents. The Guardian separately reported on federal charges against two individuals for allegedly perpetrating an NFL player impersonation fraud scheme targeting over 20 women.

Who reported it

    • battlefordsnow.comUNCLASSIFIED
    • castanet.netUNCLASSIFIED
    • cfjctoday.comUNCLASSIFIED
    • tsn.caUNCLASSIFIED
    identical copy
  • theguardian.comINDEP

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Reginald Bibby conducted a national survey on pro football interest in Canadabattlefordsnow.com, castanet.net, cfjctoday.com, tsn.ca
  • The survey found considerable overlap in fan interest between the CFL and NFL in Canada, contradicting the perception that NFL season start is bad for CFLbattlefordsnow.com, castanet.net, cfjctoday.com, tsn.ca
  • The 2026 NFL season kicks off Sept. 9 with the defending-champion Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl rematchbattlefordsnow.com, castanet.net, cfjctoday.com, tsn.ca
  • The CFL campaign began June 4 and all nine teams are in the second half of their 18-game schedules heading into Labour Day weekendbattlefordsnow.com, castanet.net, cfjctoday.com, tsn.ca
  • The survey was conducted in collaboration with Angus Reid in December 2025 with a representative national sample of 1,500 peoplecastanet.net, tsn.ca
  • The survey sample was 49 per cent male (731) and 51 per cent female (769), mirroring the Canadian populationcastanet.net, tsn.ca
  • and 1 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • Love allegedly fabricated an entire online persona as a San Francisco 49ers player, posting photos and videos in Niners gear and posing with expensive carsonly theguardian.com
  • Love allegedly used AI to trick search engine results to add credibility to his claims of football success with the 49ersonly theguardian.com
  • There is a video of Love running wide receiver routes on the beach in a helmetonly theguardian.com
  • 17 per cent of survey respondents said they followed the CFL closely while 20 per cent said they followed the NFL closelyonly tsn.ca
  • Daejon Love is charged with posing as an NFL player to scam women out of approximately $1.3 milliononly theguardian.com
  • Taylor Jamie Chen is charged as Love's alleged accomplice in the schemeonly theguardian.com