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Perth, WA

Beaches closed after whale carcass removed

The Sydney Morning Herald
Summary

From the report

A Perth suburb has closed all of its beaches after high levels of E. coli were found five days after the removal of a rotting whale carcass.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • The Sydney Morning Herald Beaches closed after whale carcass removed
  • ABC News Shark warning for NSW river after whale carcass removed
  • The West Australian Whale of a job over, rotting carcass removed from beach
  • Brisbane Times Whale carcass finally removed from City Beach 1 change
  • ABC News Dead whale finally being removed from Perth beach, four days after washing up 1 change
  • The West Australian City Beach whale: Huge large 18 tonne carcass finally trucked away but massive large sharks continue to stalk coastline 3 changes

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Strange cloud patterns over West Coast Drive, Trigg.
Strange cloud patterns over West Coast Drive, Trigg. perthhdproductions / flickr, CC BY

A summary of The Sydney Morning Herald’s report.

How calmly each outlet wrote it

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

Outlet Niral Score
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story Not scored: we only receive a 33-word summary of this report.
ABC News 95.4

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WAtoday Beaches closed after whale carcass removed summary only, not scored Brisbane Times Beaches closed after whale carcass removed summary only, not scored The Age Beaches closed after whale carcass removed summary only, not scored ABC News Shark warning for NSW river after whale carcass removed Niral 95.4 · calm writing political 0 The West Australian Whale of a job over, rotting carcass removed from beach summary only, not scored