The youngest killer involved in South Australia’s Snowtown murders has been filmed outside an Adelaide pre-release facility after a decision allowing his eventual release into the community was upheld.
Adelaide, SA
‘Bodies in the barrels’ killer James Vlassakis walks from Adelaide pre-release centre
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How outlets headlined it
Each outlet's own headline.
- 7NEWS ‘Bodies in the barrels’ killer James Vlassakis walks from Adelaide pre-release centre
- The West Australian Convicted Snowtown murderer James Vlassakis spotted outside prison walls as community transition begins
- ABC News Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis walks out of Adelaide Pre-release Centre
Headline check
One of the three things this headline claims is not in the report.
- The headline puts “‘Bodies in the barrels’” in quotation marks. Nobody says those words anywhere in the report.
Figures, names and quoted words in the headline, looked for in the report itself — not in the summary above. How this is checked
A summary of 7NEWS’s report. The score is for the full 353-word report.
How calmly each outlet wrote it
The West Australian also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Sentiment | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7NEWSas they published this story | 89.3 | 7 | 36 | -1.3 | 35.8 |
| ABC News | 92.8 | 2 | 52 | -0.6 | 40.8 |
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