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Trump arch to double as military complex

21 Sept 2026 06:36 AEST Summary

From the report

Donald Trump has revealed his planned Washington arch will double as a military complex.

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 23.6 mundaneloaded

Highlighted in the text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

arch2complex2double2military2

Sourcing 71 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable 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

Measurements of how this article is written, not of whether it is correct. How each one is measured.

Measured on The Sydney Morning Herald’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

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

The Sydney Morning Herald Trump arch to double as military complex plain
ABC News Trump arch to serve as 'military complex' housing drones and snipers plain
The West Australian Donald Trump announces planned Washington DC arch will be used as 'military complex' plain

How each outlet filed it

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

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	23.6	1	71	0	50
ABC News	9.7	4	27	0.3	48.9

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The same event elsewhere

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

ABC News Trump arch to serve as 'military complex' housing drones and snipers Niral 9.7 political 0 WAtoday Trump arch to double as military complex Niral 23.6 political 0 The Age Trump arch to double as military complex Niral 23.6 political 0 Brisbane Times Trump arch to double as military complex Niral 23.6 political 0 The West Australian Donald Trump announces planned Washington DC arch will be used as 'military complex' Niral 1.5 political 0