Strict rules have been put in place for the P-plater accused of driving into a group of Newcastle Knights fans as he was granted bail.
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Teen accused of ploughing into NRL fans granted bail
Part of the story P-plater bailed after crash into Newcastle fans
From the report
How outlets headlined it
Each outlet's own headline. Struck through: the loaded words our plainer version leaves out. Fewest struck first.
- The Age Teen accused of ploughing into NRL fans granted bail
- 7NEWS Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, P-plater accused of ploughing BMW into Newcastle Knights fans, granted bail
- ABC News Driver who allegedly crashed into Newcastle Knights fans free on bail
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The West Australian
P-plater bailed after
horrorcrash into Newcastle fans 1 change -
WAtoday
P-plater accused of
horrorNewcastle car crash bailed to family home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs 1 change
A summary of The Age’s report.
How loaded each outlet’s writing was
The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, Brisbane Times and The West Australian also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Language Load | Adjectivesper 100 words | Sourcing | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ageas they published this story | Not scored: we only receive a 34-word summary of this report. | |||
| 7NEWS | 6 | 0.7 | 54 | 34.3 |
| ABC News | 7.8 | 0.7 | 39 | 33.1 |
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The same event elsewhere
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. Compare how 7 outlets covered it.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Teen accused of ploughing into NRL fans granted bail
summary only, not scored
WAtoday
Teen accused of ploughing into NRL fans granted bail
summary only, not scored
Brisbane Times
Teen accused of ploughing into NRL fans granted bail
summary only, not scored
The West Australian
P-plater bailed after crash into Newcastle fans
summary only, not scored
7NEWS
Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, P-plater accused of ploughing BMW into Newcastle Knights fans, granted bail
Language Load 6 · plain
ABC News
Driver who allegedly crashed into Newcastle Knights fans free on bail
Language Load 7.8 · plain