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Hundreds gather to honour young officer killed on duty

Brisbane Times
Summary

From the report

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of Constable Mia Lay, who was killed in a car crash while on duty.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • Brisbane Times Hundreds gather to honour young officer killed on duty
  • The West Australian Funeral for Police Constable Mia Lay to be held at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney
  • 7NEWS Hundreds farewell young police constable Mia Lay at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney after horror crash 1 change
  • WAtoday ‘Rest easy, my beautiful girl’: Beloved police constable Mia Lay farewelled 1 change

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A summary of Brisbane Times’s report.

How calmly each outlet wrote it

WAtoday, 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.

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Brisbane Timesas they published this story Not scored: we only receive a 31-word summary of this report.
7NEWS 81

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The same event elsewhere

6 outlets from 2 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 5 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.

WAtoday Hundreds gather to honour young officer killed on duty summary only, not scored The Age Hundreds gather to honour young officer killed on duty summary only, not scored The Sydney Morning Herald Hundreds gather to honour young officer killed on duty summary only, not scored 7NEWS Hundreds farewell young police constable Mia Lay at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney after crash Niral 81 · mostly calm writing political 0 The West Australian Funeral for Police Constable Mia Lay to be held at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney summary only, not scored