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Man fatally shot by police after crashing car into tree

The West Australian Sarah Spina-Matthews
Summary

From the report

A man has been fatally shot by police after allegedly aiming a rifle at officers who came to help him when he crashed his car into a tree.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • The West Australian Man fatally shot by police after crashing car into tree plain
  • 7NEWS Man shot dead by police after crashing car into tree, pointing rifle at officers near Yass, NSW plain
  • The West Australian Police shoot man who crashed car, allegedly threatened officers with rifle plain
  • SBS News Man shot dead after allegedly aiming rifle at police in regional NSW plain
  • Brisbane Times Man shot dead by police, critical incident declared 1 change

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This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

How each outlet filed it

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

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentHappiness
The West Australianas they published this story 4.9 0 30 0 44.8
7NEWS 12.3 3 59 -0.3 29.9
SBS News 12.9 3 25 -0.2 37.3

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The same event elsewhere

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Brisbane Times Man shot dead by police, incident declared Niral 20 · mostly calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Man shot dead by police, incident declared Niral 20 · mostly calm political 0 7NEWS Man shot dead by police after crashing car into tree, pointing rifle at officers near Yass, NSW Niral 12.3 · mostly calm political 0 The Age Man shot dead by police, incident declared Niral 20 · mostly calm political 0 WAtoday Man shot dead by police, incident declared Niral 20 · mostly calm political 0 The West Australian Police shoot man who crashed car, allegedly threatened officers with rifle Niral 5.8 · calm political 0 SBS News Man shot dead after allegedly aiming rifle at police in regional NSW Niral 12.9 · mostly calm political 0