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Sam Wood ‘on indefinite leave’ as companies distance themselves from fitness guru amid DV allegations

7NEWS Bryce Luff

5 Oct 2026 18:01 AEDT Summary

From the report

Companies have moved to distance themselves from reality TV personality and fitness trainer Sam Wood after he was charged with domestic violence offences.

How outlets headlined it

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

7NEWS Sam Wood ‘on indefinite leave’ as companies distance themselves from fitness guru amid DV allegations plain
The West Australian Former Bachelor star Sam Wood arrested over alleged domestic violence incident plain
Brisbane Times Sam Wood charged with domestic violence offences plain
The Age Reality TV star Sam Wood denied bail over alleged domestic violence plain

Headline check

All two things this headline claims are in the report.

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A summary of 7NEWS’s report. The score is for the full 405-word report.

How calm it is

Niral Score 95.2 · calm anxiety-riddencalm

What makes up the score adjectives, repeated words and 8 more

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domestic5family5violence5charges3court3indefinite3leave3statement3bars2behind2charged2courts2distance2fitness2know2matter2partnership2reality2themselves2

Sentiment -0.3 hostilefavourable Sourcing 75 unattributednamed sources Mood 40.1 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

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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How calmly each outlet wrote it

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

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
7NEWSas they published this story	95.2	3	75	-0.3	40.1
7NEWS	92.3	3	65	-0.6	30.9

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