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Friend of convicted killer gives insight into his post-prison plans

Part of the story US killer Christa Pike in hospital after attempted execution

Summary

A friend of Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis has given an insight into his plans for his new life, after taking his first steps back out into the community.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • WAtoday Friend of convicted killer gives insight into his post-prison plans
  • SBS News 'Angry and confused': New details emerge about Christa Pike's condition
  • 7NEWS Christa Pike wakes 'angry and confused' after surviving US execution
  • The West Australian Pike 'angry and confused' after surviving US execution
  • ABC News A second execution attempt for Christa Pike would be 'highly problematic'
  • SBS News (World) Christa Pike conscious after surviving Tennessee execution attempt
  • 7NEWS Killer Christa Pike ‘conscious and speaking’ a week after failed execution
  • The West Australian Tennessee execution survivor 'conscious and speaking'
  • Brisbane Times Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution of Christa Pike
  • ABC News Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution
  • 7NEWS Christa Pike: Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution, governor says
  • 7NEWS Christa Pike: Tennessee execution survivor on ventilator, unconscious
  • SBS News After surviving a lethal injection, could Christa Pike face execution again?
  • WAtoday Australia news as it happened: Ministers’ mixed messages as ATO prepares credit card ban; US carries out first execution since Christa Pike
  • The West Australian Christa Pike: Death row inmate ‘conscious and speaking’ after failed execution, lawyer says
  • ABC News No-one has ever survived a lethal injection — Christa Pike may not either
  • 7NEWS Needle used in Christa Pike’s failed execution appeared ‘bent’, lawyer claims
  • The West Australian Tennessee execution survivor on ventilator, unconscious
  • ABC News A 'bent' syringe, a closed curtain: Inside Christa Pike's botched US execution
  • Brisbane Times Christa Pike ‘on a ventilator and unconscious’ after failed execution
  • WAtoday US prisoner fighting for life after surviving two lethal injections
  • Brisbane Times 'Haven't seen anything like it,' witness says on Pike's failed execution
  • Brisbane Times US TN failed execution lawyers
  • SBS News (World) Tennessee governor says inmate's failed lethal injection a 'tragedy', halts executions
  • Brisbane Times US death row inmate survives execution
  • ABC News Christa Pike fighting for life after surviving execution attempt
  • The West Australian Pike alive a day after failed US attempt to execute her
  • 7NEWS ‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike after two lethal injections
  • WAtoday US death row inmate survives two lethal injections
  • Brisbane Times ‘There is no precedent’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after two doses of lethal injection
  • ABC News US killer Christa Pike in hospital after attempted execution
  • SBS News Tennessee inmate snoring and still alive after lethal injections, witnesses say
  • Brisbane Times Last-minute appeal halts US execution
  • The West Australian US court halts woman's execution one hour before
  • ABC News US appeals court pauses execution of Tennessee killer Christa Pike
  • 7NEWS Convicted killer Christa Pike back on her feet in US hospital after botched failed execution attempt 1 change
  • WAtoday Christa Pike walking after botched flawed execution 1 change
  • ABC News Botched Flawed execution survivor Christa Pike 'up and walking', lawyer says 1 change
  • ABC News Christa Pike woke 'angry and confused' after surviving botched flawed execution 1 change
  • WAtoday ‘Against all odds’: Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched flawed Tennessee execution 1 change
  • SBS News (World) Tennessee prison chief resigns following botched flawed Christa Pike execution 1 change
  • WAtoday State prisons boss steps down after botched flawed execution 1 change
  • The West Australian US state's prison chief resigns after botched flawed execution 1 change
  • The West Australian Jamaal Howard executed in Texas days after Christa Pike survives botched flawed lethal injection 1 change
  • WAtoday Lawyers reveal Christa Pike’s first words after she woke from botched flawed execution 1 change
  • The Age Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched flawed execution 1 change
  • ABC News Death row inmate Christa Pike wakes after botched flawed execution 1 change
  • The West Australian Christa Pike: Gruesome image leaks after murderer’s botched flawed execution 1 change
  • The West Australian Christa Pike: Lawyer reveals the convicted murderer ‘may not recover’ following botched failed execution attempt 1 change
  • 7NEWS Death row killer Christa Pike ‘may not fully recover’ after botched flawed execution 1 change
  • 7NEWS Donald Trump reacts to botched flawed Tennessee execution of Christa Pike: ‘Shouldn’t be very difficult’ 1 change
  • Brisbane Times How Christa Pike’s botched flawed Tennessee execution unfolded, minute by minute 1 change
  • WAtoday Christa Pike in a critical condition in hospital after botched flawed execution 1 change
  • 7NEWS ‘Deeply disturbing’: US woman Christa Pike receiving lifesaving care at hospital a day after botched flawed execution 1 change
  • 7NEWS US woman Christa Pike survives execution for grisly murder of teen girl after death penalty backflip 1 change

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How loaded each outlet’s writing was

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

Outlet Language LoadAdjectivesper 100 wordsSourcingSentimentMood
WAtodayas they published this story Not scored: we only receive a 40-word summary of this report.
7NEWS 9.6 1.8 71 -1.4 31.9
ABC News 11.4 0.3 74 -2.5 29.6
SBS News 12.3 0.7 71 -0.5 29.3

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