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THE SAME WORDS, PRINTED DIFFERENTLYMonday 07 September 2026

4 outlets quote this line 4 different ways.

hounslowherald.com: “intimidating and thuggish behaviour”; rte.ie: “We condemn the intimidating and thuggish behaviour we saw in Portsmouth last night,”; sowetan.co.za: “This is thuggish and intimidating behaviour,”…

As published

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

reuters.com as published: UK minister condemns anti-migrant protests in Portsmouthreuters.com2026-09-07 12:33:05dw.com as published: UK government condemns 'thuggish' anti-migrant protests in Portsmouthdw.com2026-09-07 12:33:05hounslowherald.com as published: Government Condemns 'Thuggish' Protests After Anti-Migrant Demonstrations Erupt in Dover and Portsmouthhounslowherald.com2026-09-07 12:33:05newscord.org as published: Emma Reynolds Condemns Thuggish Anti-Migrant Protests in Portsmouth After 140 Arrivals: how 13 outlets framed itnewscord.org2026-09-07 12:33:05rte.ie as published: UK govt condemns 'thuggish' Portsmouth migration protestrte.ie2026-09-07 12:33:05sowetan.co.za as published: UK minister condemns ‘thuggish’ anti-migrant protests in Portsmouthsowetan.co.za2026-09-07 12:33:05straitstimes.com as published: UK minister condemns anti-migrant protests in Portsmouthstraitstimes.com2026-09-07 12:33:05thenews.com.pk as published: UK minister condemns anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Doverthenews.com.pk2026-09-07 12:33:05

What this entry found

  • THE SAME WORDS, PRINTED DIFFERENTLY

    3 outlets quote this line 2 different ways.

    • sowetan.co.za: “Perhaps the scale of the protest was something that we hadn’t seen before, but the police have brought this under control,”
    • straitstimes.com: “Perhaps the scale of the protest was something that we hadn’t seen before, but the police have brought this under control,”
    • thenews.com.pk: “Perhaps the scale of the protest was something that we hadn't seen before, but the police have brought this under control,”
  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Nature and extent of Daniel Thomas's/Danny Tommo's role in organising the protests

    • newscord.org reports BBC stated he was 'livestreaming from the scene'
    • newscord.org reports NBC News stated he 'appeared to be led' by Daniel Thomas
    the full text
  • ONE SOURCE, MANY MASTHEADS

    8 outlets carried this. They resolve to 6 independent sources.

    A reader sampling these outlets received 6 accounts, not 8.

  • THE ANSWER, NOT THE QUESTION

    “intimidating and thuggish behaviour”

    • sowetan.co.za: printed the question
    • hounslowherald.com: response only
    • rte.ie: response only
    • thenews.com.pk: response only

1 further finding below ↓

8outlets→6independent
What happened, for context

British government condemned weekend anti-migrant protests in Dover (Saturday, 5 September) and Portsmouth (Sunday, 6 September) following the arrival of approximately 140 migrants who crossed the English Channel from France. Minister Emma Reynolds described the demonstrations as "thuggish" and "intimidating"; police deployed riot units and dispersed the crowds.

7 of 8 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: reuters.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

    • reuters.comWIRE
    • straitstimes.comINDEP
    • thenews.com.pkUNCLASSIFIED
    identical copy
  • dw.comPUBLIC
  • hounslowherald.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • newscord.orgUNCLASSIFIED
  • rte.iePUBLIC
  • sowetan.co.zaUNCLASSIFIED

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • British government condemned anti-migrant protests in Portsmouthreuters.com, dw.com, hounslowherald.com, rte.ie, sowetan.co.za, straitstimes.com, thenews.com.pk
  • Emma Reynolds, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, made the condemnationdw.com, sowetan.co.za, straitstimes.com, thenews.com.pk
  • Reynolds described the protests as 'thuggish' and 'intimidating'dw.com, hounslowherald.com, rte.ie, sowetan.co.za, straitstimes.com, thenews.com.pk
  • Approximately 140 migrants arrived by boat from France to Portsmouthdw.com, hounslowherald.com, rte.ie, sowetan.co.za, straitstimes.com, thenews.com.pk
  • Hundreds of protesters blocked roads in Portsmouth on Sunday following migrant arrivaldw.com, hounslowherald.com, rte.ie, sowetan.co.za, straitstimes.com, thenews.com.pk
  • Masked protesters disrupted traffic at Dover on Saturday, chanting 'stop the boats'dw.com, rte.ie, sowetan.co.za, straitstimes.com, thenews.com.pk
  • and 3 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • The migrants departed from Baie de Seine in Normandy, approximately 170 miles from the usual Calais departure pointonly hounslowherald.com
  • BBC correspondent Daniel Sandford identified Danny Tommo (real name Danny Thomas) as the organiser of both the Dover and Portsmouth protests; his home is on Hayling Islandonly hounslowherald.com
  • A Home Office vehicle had its window smashed during the Portsmouth protestonly hounslowherald.com
  • Hampshire Police issued a dispersal order warning of arrest for those who failed to leave the areaonly hounslowherald.com
  • Kent Police described the Dover protest as a 'spontaneous protest' despite questions from local officials about why authorities had not been aware of it in advanceonly hounslowherald.com
  • The migrants were successfully transported to Manston arrivals and processing centre in Kentonly rte.ie

Reported unevenly

  • Nature and extent of Daniel Thomas's/Danny Tommo's role in organising the protestsstated by newscord.org reports BBC stated he was 'livestreaming from the scene', newscord.org reports NBC News stated he 'appeared to be led' by Daniel Thomas · absent from dw.com, rte.ie, straitstimes.com, thenews.com.pk, sowetan.co.za