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Donald Trump announces planned Washington DC arch will be used as 'military complex'

The West Australian Seung Min Kim

21 Sept 2026 08:29 AEST Summary

Changed after publishing · 1 edit

21 Sept 2026 10:30 AEST the headline was changed: Donald Trump ~~says his~~ announces planned Washington DC arch will be used as 'military complex'

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From the report

Donald Trump says the 76-metre arch he wants to build in Washington DC will be a "top grade military complex", capable of storing drones and ammunition.

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 1.5 mundaneloaded

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

arch2complex2military2

Sourcing 79 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

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Measured on The West Australian’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 West Australian Donald Trump announces planned Washington DC arch will be used as 'military complex' plain
ABC News Trump arch to serve as 'military complex' housing drones and snipers plain
WAtoday Trump arch to double as military complex plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald. 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 West Australianas they published this story	1.5	0	79	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 Sydney Morning Herald Trump arch to double as military complex Niral 23.6 political 0