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‘Against all odds’: Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched Tennessee execution

The Age
Summary

North America

Pike’s recovery is “medically unprecedented” but her prognosis remains unclear, her attorneys said in a statement.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline.

  • The Age ‘Against all odds’: Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched Tennessee execution
  • SBS News (World) Christa Pike conscious after surviving Tennessee execution attempt
  • 7NEWS Killer Christa Pike ‘conscious and speaking’ a week after failed execution
  • The West Australian Tennessee execution survivor 'conscious and speaking'
  • Brisbane Times Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution of Christa Pike
  • SBS News (World) Tennessee prison chief resigns following botched Christa Pike execution
  • ABC News Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution
  • 7NEWS Christa Pike: Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution, governor says
  • WAtoday State prisons boss steps down after botched execution
  • The West Australian US state's prison chief resigns after botched execution
  • 7NEWS Christa Pike: Tennessee execution survivor on ventilator, unconscious
  • The Age Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution
  • The West Australian Christa Pike: Death row inmate ‘conscious and speaking’ after failed execution, lawyer says
  • ABC News Death row inmate Christa Pike wakes after botched execution
  • ABC News No-one has ever survived a lethal injection — Christa Pike may not either
  • The West Australian Christa Pike: Gruesome image leaks after murderer’s botched execution
  • The West Australian Christa Pike: Lawyer reveals the convicted murderer ‘may not recover’ following botched execution attempt
  • 7NEWS Death row killer Christa Pike ‘may not fully recover’ after botched execution
  • 7NEWS Needle used in Christa Pike’s failed execution appeared ‘bent’, lawyer claims
  • The West Australian Tennessee execution survivor on ventilator, unconscious
  • ABC News A 'bent' syringe, a closed curtain: Inside Christa Pike's botched US execution
  • Brisbane Times Christa Pike ‘on a ventilator and unconscious’ after failed execution
  • SBS News After surviving a lethal injection, could Christa Pike face execution again?
  • 7NEWS Donald Trump reacts to botched Tennessee execution of Christa Pike: ‘Shouldn’t be very difficult’
  • Brisbane Times How Christa Pike’s botched Tennessee execution unfolded, minute by minute
  • WAtoday Christa Pike in a critical condition in hospital after botched execution
  • Brisbane Times US TN failed execution lawyers
  • SBS News (World) Tennessee governor says inmate's failed lethal injection a 'tragedy', halts executions
  • 7NEWS ‘Deeply disturbing’: US woman Christa Pike receiving lifesaving care at hospital a day after botched execution
  • ABC News Christa Pike fighting for life after surviving execution attempt
  • The West Australian Pike alive a day after failed US attempt to execute her
  • 7NEWS ‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike after two lethal injections
  • Brisbane Times ‘There is no precedent’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after two doses of lethal injection

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How calmly each outlet wrote it

The West Australian, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentGenderMood
The Ageas they published this story Not scored: we only receive a 28-word summary of this report.
SBS News (World) 96.1 2 81 0.2 3.2 51.1
7NEWS 93.1 8 76 -0.2 6 45.3
ABC News 92.9 6 75 -1.3 0 33.8

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