A driver whose car careened into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters will be kept in custody as the community rallies to support those injured in the crash.
Sport / Newcastle, NSW
Injured Knights fans prepare for grand final as crash driver formally refused bail
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How outlets headlined it
Each outlet's own headline. Struck through: the loaded words our calmer version leaves out. Fewest struck first.
- SBS News Injured Knights fans prepare for grand final as crash driver formally refused bail
- The West Australian Four remain in hospital after footy fans struck by car
- 7NEWS Teen driver identified after car ploughs into 10 Knights fans during Newcastle parade
- ABC News Man who allegedly crashed into Newcastle Knights fans refused bail
- WAtoday Videos of 18-year-old driver in Newcastle Knights car crash circulate online
- WAtoday P-plater in horror Newcastle Knights car crash previously lost his licence
- The West Australian Newcastle Knights crash: Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe charged over Wallsend crash that injured 10 fans
- SBS News Injured but unbowed: Knights fans prepare to cheer from hospital
- The Age Driver to face court over Newcastle crowd crash
- The West Australian Girl in coma, P-plater charged after car hits NRL fans
- The West Australian Driver charged after car ploughs into NRL fans in Newcastle
- ABC News Teen charged after crashing into crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters
- Brisbane Times Car ploughs into a wall of Newcastle Knights supporters
- The Sydney Morning Herald Officials give update after ten NRL fans hit by car in Newcastle, NSW
- WAtoday What we know about the crash into the Newcastle Knights crowd
- ABC News Young girl critical as car hits grand final gathering, injuring 10 — as it happened
- The Sydney Morning Herald Newcastle crash as it happened: 10 people injured, driver arrested after car hits Knights crowd
- WAtoday Spectators injured after being hit by a car in Newcastle
- The West Australian Children injured as grand final fans struck by car
- Brisbane Times Ten people injured, P-plater charged after car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans
- SBS News Ten injured after car hits Newcastle fans gathered for Knights pre-grand final farewell
- The Guardian Australia Five-year-old girl in a coma and P-plater charged after car hits crowd of NRL fans in Newcastle
- WAtoday Multiple injured after being hit by car in Newcastle
- 7NEWS Multiple people, including children, injured as car crashes into NRL fans in Newcastle
- ABC News P-plater in custody as witness recounts moment BMW hit Knights supporters
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7NEWS
Calls from help from family of young girl critically injured in
horrorNewcastle crash into Knights fans 1 change -
The West Australian
Newcastle Knights crash: NRL grand final
horrorincident as 18-year-old P-plater ploughs car into crowd 1 change
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How calmly each outlet wrote it
The West Australian, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and The Age also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Sentiment | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBS Newsas they published this story | 89.3 | 14 | 52 | -0.3 | 34.1 |
| 7NEWS | 90 | 5 | 37 | -0.5 | 39.3 |
| ABC News | 78.1 | 8 | 6 | -0.5 | 32.8 |
| The Guardian Australia | 89.2 | 4 | 74 | 0.1 | 23.2 |
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The same event elsewhere
9 outlets from 5 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 8 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.
The West Australian
Four remain in hospital after footy fans struck by car
summary only, not scored
7NEWS
Teen driver identified after car ploughs into 10 Knights fans during Newcastle parade
Niral 90 · calm writing
political 0
ABC News
Man who allegedly crashed into Newcastle Knights fans refused bail
Niral 78.1 · mostly calm writing
political 0
WAtoday
Videos of 18-year-old driver in Newcastle Knights car crash circulate online
summary only, not scored
The Sydney Morning Herald
Videos of 18-year-old driver in Newcastle Knights car crash circulate online
summary only, not scored
Brisbane Times
Videos of 18-year-old driver in Newcastle Knights car crash circulate online
summary only, not scored
The Age
Videos of 18-year-old driver in Newcastle Knights car crash circulate online
summary only, not scored
The Guardian Australia
Five-year-old girl in a coma and P-plater charged after car hits crowd of NRL fans in Newcastle
Niral 89.2 · mostly calm writing
political 0