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Heeney wins Swans’ best and fairest, club boss says players deserve ‘the presumption of innocence’

WAtoday Frances Howe

1 Oct 2026 22:59 AEST Summary

From the report

Heeney won the Bob Skilton Medal for the third year in a row, just days after finishing in the top 10 of the Brownlow Medal count.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

WAtoday Heeney wins Swans’ best and fairest, club boss says players deserve ‘the presumption of innocence’ plain
The West Australian Banned and crowned: Heeney wins Swans' best and fairest plain
ABC News Heeney wins Sydney Swans best and fairest award amid club suspension plain

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How each outlet filed it

Also covered by Brisbane Times, The Age, The West Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Gender	Happiness
WAtodayas they published this story	14.3	3	71	0	0	55.2
ABC News	10.4	9	59	0.4	5.3	61.2

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Brisbane Times Heeney wins Swans’ best and fairest, club boss says players deserve ‘the presumption of innocence’ Niral 14.4 · mostly calm political 0 The Age Heeney wins Swans’ best and fairest, club boss says players deserve ‘the presumption of innocence’ Niral 14.3 · mostly calm political 0 The West Australian Banned and crowned: Heeney wins Swans' best and fairest Niral 14.4 · mostly calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Heeney wins Swans’ best and fairest, club boss says players deserve ‘the presumption of innocence’ Niral 14.3 · mostly calm political 0 ABC News Heeney wins Sydney Swans best and fairest award amid club suspension Niral 10.4 · mostly calm political 0