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'Exposed for the sham it is': Celebrations as High Court blocks coal mine expansion

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In a decision on Wednesday, the High Court ruled against the proposed expansion of the Mount Pleasant coal mine near Muswellbrook, in the Upper Hunter region of NSW.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • WAtoday ‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions
  • The West Australian Local environmentalists trump coal mine in High Court
  • SBS News 'Exposed for the sham it is': Celebrations as High Court blocks major coal mine expansion 1 change
  • The Guardian Australia Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmine 1 change

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Headline as published: 'Exposed for the sham it is': Celebrations as High Court blocks major coal mine expansion

One of the two things this headline claims is not in the report.

  • The headline puts “Exposed for the sham it is” in quotation marks. Nobody says those words anywhere in the report.
  • The headline states “exposed” outright. In the report the claim is attributed to somebody, or hedged.

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A summary of SBS News’s report. The score is for the full 878-word report.

How calmly each outlet wrote it

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

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentMood
SBS Newsas they published this story 90.8 10 70 0.2 48
The Guardian Australia 90 12 68 -0.1 45

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The same event elsewhere

7 outlets from 4 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 6 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.

WAtoday ‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions summary only, not scored Brisbane Times ‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions summary only, not scored The Age ‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions summary only, not scored The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions summary only, not scored The Guardian Australia Hunter Valley community group wins high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmine Niral 90 · calm writing political 0 The West Australian Local environmentalists trump coal mine in High Court summary only, not scored