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Selma Blair leaves court after arrest over violence on flight

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Actor Selma Blair left a New York City court on October 12. She was arrested after flight attendants reported a "physically abusive passenger" on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los ‌Angeles to New York, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's police department said.

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What the coverage shows

All five outlets center on Blair’s arrest or court appearance and the alleged flight-attendant incident, with the Los Angeles to New York route and Delta or a plane mentioned across the board. CNN and 60 Minutes both include her team’s “medical emergency” explanation, while AP and ABC add reports of alleged follow-on incidents with police or medical staff that BBC News does not mention. ABC is also the only outlet here to foreground arraignment, and CNN’s later update is the only one to say she appeared in court and was released on bail.

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