Get the extensionGet the app Support us Sign in

Crime and courts

Monash Freeway disruption as specialist police arrest six after pursuit

Brisbane Times Isabel McMillan
Summary
Show what we removed

From the report

Traffic was halted on the freeway as armed police hauled six people to the ground after an early-morning home invasion and pursuit across the city’s eastern suburbs.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • 7NEWS Six people arrested in dramatic police pursuit on Melbourne freeway after aggravated burglary 1 change
  • ABC News Early morning car burglary ends in dramatic arrest on Melbourne freeway 1 change
  • Brisbane Times Monash Freeway chaos disruption as specialist police arrest six after dramatic pursuit 2 changes

Save as an image

Headline as published: Monash Freeway chaos as specialist police arrest six after dramatic pursuit

A summary of Brisbane Times’s report.

How calmly each outlet wrote it

WAtoday, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentMood
Brisbane Timesas they published this story Not scored: we only receive a 39-word summary of this report.
7NEWS 78.7 7 70 -0.6 34
ABC News 78.1 7 23 -0.7 40.6

How did this read?

Sign in to react.

Comments

Comments are not open yet. They will be once there is someone to read every one before it appears. If something here is wrong, tell us — that we do read.

More from Mundane Read

Report a problem with these scores or this rewrite — it goes straight into the public ledger.

The same event elsewhere

6 outlets from 3 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 5 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.

WAtoday Monash Freeway disruption as specialist police arrest six after pursuit summary only, not scored The Age Monash Freeway disruption as specialist police arrest six after pursuit summary only, not scored The Sydney Morning Herald Monash Freeway disruption as specialist police arrest six after pursuit summary only, not scored 7NEWS Six people arrested in police pursuit on Melbourne freeway after aggravated burglary Niral 78.7 · mostly calm writing political 0 ABC News Early morning car burglary ends in arrest on Melbourne freeway Niral 78.1 · mostly calm writing political 0