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     The story I found to blog about is about a woman, Bethany Storro, who reported being attacked and having acid thrown on her and is now admitting that the acid burn was self-inflicted.

     The Washington Post mostly focused on the facts. Storro initially claimed an African-American woman walked up to her holding a cup and asked her if she wanted to drink the contents and threw the liquid in her face. The article says that under further investigation the police found discrepancies in Storro's story and that during investigation of her home she admitted to making it all up. The article says that the acid looked more like it had been rubbed on that thrown on as the woman claimed. It also talked about how earlier this week Storro canceled her appearance on Oprah.

     The CBS article said all the same things the Washington Post article said but when into way more depth about all the work the police did to investigate the false crime and the possibility of Storro being charged with filing a false police report and other possible charges from the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. This article also talked about donation funds that had been set up by 2 local banks to help Storro pay for her medical bills stemming from the false attack and that local detectives would now work on making sure Storro returns all those donated funds. It was also mentioned that an attempt was made to contact Storro's parents in light of the news that the attack was false and that they did not find a way to contact the parents. Also, there were details about Storro's news conference after the attack where she told the press about her "horrific encounter" and what she would want to tell her attacker should she get the chance.

     The CNN article went into more depth about the police finding discrepancies saying that a big one was the fact that Storro was wearing sunglasses during the attack which she claimed to have happened at night. There was also more detail about the home investigation which led to Storro's confession. This article also noted Storro's hospital treatment and release, the impact of the false investigation on the police and the community, further interviews with Storro's family, and that Storro was in a "fragile mental state". Also, again there was particular detail about interviews she gave the media about the false attack, this article had a quote she told a CNN affiliate about how she was in God's hands and how she wouldn't let her attacker ruin her life.

     All 3 articles noted the police finding discrepancies in Storro's story and that she was remorseful when she admitted that it was self inflicted. For the most part they all said the same thing with The Washington Post having the shortest article and leaving out details about the police charging Storro and CBS having the lengthiest but also most detailed article. The CNN article was somewhere between the Washington Post and CBS. I think CBS did the best job because it answered all the questions that the Washington Post left unanswered while going into great detail about what happened which CNN did not do. I don't think any of the outlets distorted any facts about the story.