A father-of-six who was fatally shot by police after crashing into a tree in southern NSW has been identified by his family as Danny Di Biccari.
Crime and courts / New South Wales
Fatally shot by police after allegedly pointing rifle at officers following regional NSW crash
From the report
How outlets headlined it
Each outlet's own headline. Struck through: the loaded words our calmer version leaves out. Fewest struck first.
- 7NEWS Man shot dead by police in Rugby had history of firearm offences
- The Guardian Australia Man shot dead after crashing car and allegedly pointing gun at NSW police
- ABC News Man fatally shot by police after crashing car into tree near Yass
- The Canberra Times Man shot dead by police after crash near Yass had firearms offences on his record
- SBS News Man shot dead after allegedly aiming rifle at police in regional NSW
- The West Australian Man fatally shot by police after crashing car into tree
- The West Australian Police shoot man who crashed car, allegedly threatened officers with rifle
- Brisbane Times Man shot dead by police, critical incident declared
- 7NEWS Man shot dead by police after crashing car into tree, pointing rifle at officers near Yass, NSW
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7NEWS
Father-of-sixFatally shot by police after allegedly pointing rifle at officers following regional NSW crash 1 change
Headline check
Headline as published: Father-of-six fatally shot by police after allegedly pointing rifle at officers following regional NSW crash
The one thing this headline claims is in the report.
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A summary of 7NEWS’s report. The score is for the full 553-word report.
How calmly each outlet wrote it
The Canberra Times, The West Australian, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and WAtoday also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Sentiment | Gender | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7NEWSas they published this story | 89.3 | 3 | 78 | 0.1 | 13.1 | 21.9 |
| The Guardian Australia | 94.1 | 0 | 68 | -0.2 | 0 | 24.4 |
| ABC News | 91.5 | 2 | 76 | 0.6 | 0 | 36.7 |
| SBS News | 89.1 | 2 | 25 | -0.2 | 0 | 37.2 |
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The same event elsewhere
10 outlets from 6 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 9 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.
The Guardian Australia
Man shot dead after crashing car and allegedly pointing gun at NSW police
Niral 94.1 · calm writing
political 0
ABC News
Man fatally shot by police after crashing car into tree near Yass
Niral 91.5 · calm writing
political 0
The Canberra Times
Man shot dead by police after crash near Yass had firearms offences on his record
summary only, not scored
SBS News
Man shot dead after allegedly aiming rifle at police in regional NSW
Niral 89.1 · mostly calm writing
political 0
The West Australian
Man fatally shot by police after crashing car into tree
summary only, not scored
Brisbane Times
Man shot dead by police, critical incident declared
summary only, not scored
The Sydney Morning Herald
Man shot dead by police, critical incident declared
summary only, not scored
The Age
Man shot dead by police, critical incident declared
summary only, not scored
WAtoday
Man shot dead by police, critical incident declared
summary only, not scored