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Mansions, promises, sinking towns: Paul Barry looks at how one man fooled the world

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16 Sept 2026 15:15 AEST Summary

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The journalist’s new book The Big Steal is a forensic, fury-inducing exposure of “steel saviour” Sanjeev Gupta.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of courthouse building exterior, used to illustrate it. St. Louis, MO Old Courthouse in 1862 army.arch / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of courthouse building exterior, used to illustrate it. St. Louis, MO Old Courthouse in 1862 army.arch / flickr, CC BY

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Niral Score 15.2 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 79 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
WAtodayas they published this story	15.2	2	79	0	50
The Age	29.9	34	16	-1.1	37.4

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The Sydney Morning Herald Mansions, promises, sinking towns: Paul Barry looks at how one man fooled the world Niral 15.2 political 0 The Age Mansions, promises, sinking towns: Paul Barry looks at how one man fooled the world Niral 29.9 political 0 Brisbane Times Mansions, promises, sinking towns: Paul Barry looks at how one man fooled the world Niral 15.2 political 0