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Aussie rock icon Angry Anderson has died aged 79

The West Australian Emma Kirk
Summary

From the report

Angry Anderson, the lead singer of Aussie rock band Rose Tattoo, has died just weeks after being hospitalised.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. Struck through: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

  • The West Australian Aussie rock icon Angry Anderson has died aged 79 plain
  • The Age Rock legend Angry Anderson dies at age 79 plain
  • WAtoday Angry Anderson dies aged 79 plain

How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it

No other newsroom we read has filed on this event, so there is nothing to compare it with yet.

Also covered by The Age, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet Niral Score
The West Australianas they published this story 9.3

Also reported by

21 Australian outlets reported this story. These are the ones we do not read; their headlines are matched to this one automatically, so an occasional match may be a different story.

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The same event elsewhere

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The Age Rock legend Angry Anderson dies at age 79 Niral 4.1 political 0 WAtoday Rock legend Angry Anderson dies at age 79 Niral 4.1 political 0 WAtoday Angry Anderson dies aged 79 Niral 3.2 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Rock legend Angry Anderson dies at age 79 Niral 4.1 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Angry Anderson dies aged 79 Niral 3.2 political 0 Brisbane Times Rock legend Angry Anderson dies at age 79 Niral 4.1 political 0 Brisbane Times Angry Anderson dies aged 79 Niral 3.2 political 0 The Age Angry Anderson dies aged 79 Niral 3.2 political 0