The convicted murderer was believed to be brain-dead on Monday night and was going to have her life support switched off when she regained consciousness on Tuesday morning and began speaking.
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Lawyers reveal Christa Pike’s first words after she woke from botched execution
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How outlets headlined it
Each outlet's own headline.
- The Sydney Morning Herald Lawyers reveal Christa Pike’s first words after she woke from botched execution
- The Age Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution
- The West Australian Christa Pike: Death row inmate ‘conscious and speaking’ after failed execution, lawyer says
- ABC News Death row inmate Christa Pike wakes after botched execution
- ABC News No-one has ever survived a lethal injection — Christa Pike may not either
- The West Australian Christa Pike: Gruesome image leaks after murderer’s botched execution
- The West Australian Christa Pike: Lawyer reveals the convicted murderer ‘may not recover’ following botched execution attempt
- 7NEWS Death row killer Christa Pike ‘may not fully recover’ after botched execution
- SBS News (World) Tennessee governor says inmate's failed lethal injection a 'tragedy', halts executions
- 7NEWS Christa Pike wakes 'angry and confused' after surviving US execution
- The West Australian Pike 'angry and confused' after surviving US execution
- ABC News Christa Pike woke 'angry and confused' after surviving botched 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'
- WAtoday ‘Against all odds’: Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched Tennessee execution
- Brisbane Times Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution of Christa Pike
- SBS News (World) Tennessee prison chief resigns following botched Christa Pike execution
- 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
- WAtoday State prisons boss steps down after botched execution
- The West Australian US state's prison chief resigns after botched execution
- 7NEWS Christa Pike: Tennessee execution survivor on ventilator, unconscious
- SBS News After surviving a lethal injection, could Christa Pike face execution again?
A summary of The Sydney Morning Herald’s report.
How calmly each outlet wrote it
WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The Age and The West Australian also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Political diction | Sentiment | Gender | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story | Not scored: we only receive a 43-word summary of this report. | ||||||
| ABC News | 87.7 | 11 | 79 | 1.0 | -1.1 | 0 | 26.4 |
| 7NEWS | 85.4 | 17 | 73 | 0 | -1.4 | 0 | 19 |
| SBS News (World) | 96.1 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 51.1 |
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The same event elsewhere
8 outlets from 4 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 7 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.
WAtoday
Lawyers reveal Christa Pike’s first words after she woke from botched execution
summary only, not scored
Brisbane Times
Lawyers reveal Christa Pike’s first words after she woke from botched execution
summary only, not scored
The Age
Lawyers reveal Christa Pike’s first words after she woke from botched execution
summary only, not scored
The West Australian
Pike 'angry and confused' after surviving US execution
summary only, not scored
ABC News
Christa Pike woke 'angry and confused' after surviving botched execution
Niral 87.7 · mostly calm writing
political 1.0
7NEWS
Christa Pike wakes 'angry and confused' after surviving US execution
Niral 85.4 · mostly calm writing
political 0
SBS News
Christa Pike conscious after surviving Tennessee execution attempt
Niral 96.1 · calm writing
political 0