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Plot foiled at UK air base

The Age
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From the report

Five men in Britain have been arrested over plotting an alleged terrorist attack on an air base used by the US Air Force.

Headline as published: Terror plot foiled at UK air base

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How outlets headlined it

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

  • WAtoday ‘Major incident’ declared after explosives arrests near UK air force base plain
  • The Age Terror Plot foiled at UK air base 1 change
  • The West Australian Men arrested in major incident near UK base used by US 1 change
  • SBS News (World) Five arrested as police investigate alleged terror plot near US air base 1 change

How each outlet filed it

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

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentHappiness
The Ageas they published this story 17.7 0 71 -0.8 30.7
SBS News (World) 12.6 10 83 -0.5 25.6

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12 Australian outlets reported this story. These are the ones we do not read; their headlines are matched to this one automatically, so an occasional match may be a different story.

Coverage from The GDELT Project.

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The same event elsewhere

8 other outlets filed this story. The scoreboard above is what they did differently.

The West Australian Men arrested in incident near UK base used by US Niral 18.2 political 0 WAtoday ‘Major incident’ declared after explosives arrests near UK air force base Niral 1.5 political 0 The Age ‘Major incident’ declared after explosives arrests near UK air force base Niral 1.5 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Major incident’ declared after explosives arrests near UK air force base Niral 1.5 political 0 Brisbane Times ‘Major incident’ declared after explosives arrests near UK air force base Niral 1.5 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Plot foiled at UK air base Niral 17.7 political 0 Brisbane Times Plot foiled at UK air base Niral 17.7 political 0 SBS News (World) Five arrested as police investigate alleged plot near US air base Niral 12.6 political 0