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Teens charged after cop hit with allegedly stolen car in Ashwood

The West Australian Alexandra Feiam and Emma Kirk

19 Sept 2026 14:29 AEST Summary

Changed after publishing · 1 edit

19 Sept 2026 17:31 AEST the headline was changed: ~~Trio arrested~~ Teens charged after cop hit with allegedly stolen car in Ashwood

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From the report

The officer was launched several metres in the air after a group of teens in an allegedly stolen car tried to flee police.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 14.9 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

allegedly2car2stolen2teens2

Gender 20.7 no gendered framingframing throughout Sourcing 18 unattributednamed sources Mood 50.4 sorrowjoyful

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

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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

The West Australian Teens charged after cop hit with allegedly stolen car in Ashwood plain
WAtoday Charges made after police officer allegedly hit by car plain

How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it

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

Outlet	Niral Score
The West Australianas they published this story	14.9

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The same event elsewhere

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

WAtoday Charges made after police officer allegedly hit by car Niral 7 political 0 Brisbane Times Charges made after police officer allegedly hit by car Niral 7 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Charges made after police officer allegedly hit by car Niral 7 political 0 The Age Charges made after police officer allegedly hit by car Niral 7 political 0