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Prolific Indigenous elder charged over historical child abuse allegation

The Sydney Morning Herald
Summary

From the report

High-profile Indigenous elder Mick Mundine has been charged over a historical child sexual assault allegation.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • The Sydney Morning Herald Prolific Indigenous elder charged over historical child abuse allegation
  • ABC News Prominent Indigenous elder arrested over child sex assault allegation
  • ABC News Prominent Indigenous elder charged over child sex assault allegation
  • The West Australian Sydney Indigenous leader Mick Mundine arrested over historical child sexual assault allegations
  • Brisbane Times Prominent Sydney Indigenous leader charged with sexual assault of child
  • 7NEWS Mick Mundine: Prominent Indigenous leader charged over accusations of historic child sexual abuse 1 change

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A summary of The Sydney Morning Herald’s report.

How calmly each outlet wrote it

WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times and The West Australian also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentMood
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story Not scored: we only receive a 24-word summary of this report.
7NEWS 85.2 4 41 -0.6 16.2
ABC News 93.5 1 47 -0.5 20.8

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

WAtoday Prolific Indigenous elder charged over historical child abuse allegation summary only, not scored The Age Prolific Indigenous elder charged over historical child abuse allegation summary only, not scored Brisbane Times Prolific Indigenous elder charged over historical child abuse allegation summary only, not scored 7NEWS Mick Mundine: Prominent Indigenous leader charged over accusations of child sexual abuse Niral 85.2 · mostly calm writing political 0 ABC News Prominent Indigenous elder arrested over child sex assault allegation Niral 93.5 · calm writing political 0 The West Australian Sydney Indigenous leader Mick Mundine arrested over historical child sexual assault allegations summary only, not scored