Fox News covered the anthem. Yahoo Sports covered the game.
Gabby Williams scored 26 points and hit four free throws in the final 78 seconds to lift the Golden State Valkyries over the Atlanta Dream 68-64 in WNBA Finals Game 1, then left the court with an apparent left leg injury. Two outlets covered this game. One reported the basketball. The other reported that both teams briefly left the court before the national anthem and returned seconds later.
Golden State Valkyries beat Atlanta Dream in WNBA Finals Game 1; Gabby Williams injured
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What happened
The Golden State Valkyries defeated the Atlanta Dream 68-64 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on October 17. Gabby Williams led all scorers with 26 points and was the decisive factor down the stretch, converting four free throws in the final 1:18 to seal the win. Williams then appeared to injure her left leg late in the fourth quarter, raising questions about her availability for Game 2. The series is now 1-0 in Golden State's favor. Two outlets covered this story, and they did not cover the same story.
Fox News skipped the final score to cover a pre-game walkoff lasting seconds
Fox News, publishing through its Outkick Sports vertical, reported that both teams left the court before the national anthem and returned seconds later. The piece does not mention the final score, Williams's 26 points, or her injury. The walkoff, by the outlet's own description, lasted seconds. That is the entirety of the WNBA Finals coverage Fox News contributed to this story.
What one side told you that the other didn't
One outlet covered a seconds-long walkoff. The score went unreported.
Fox News published one piece on WNBA Finals Game 1. It covered the moment both teams left the court before the anthem and returned. The game's outcome, 68-64, does not appear. Williams's 26-point performance does not appear. Her injury does not appear. A reader who got their Finals coverage from Fox News knows the teams briefly left the court. They do not know who won.
What to watch
Williams's injury status is the controlling variable for the rest of this series. If she misses Game 2, watch whether right-leaning outlets cover her absence as a basketball story or fold it into the ongoing anthem-protest narrative.
See how outlets across the political spectrum framed this differently — and what each side left out.