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Three killed in school-holiday crash involving learner driver

WAtoday Isabel McMillan
Summary
Changed after publishing · 1 edit
  • the headline was changed: Two Three killed four injured in horror school-holiday crash involving learner driver

Outlets edit stories after they go out, usually without saying so. We keep what we saw the first time.

From the report

Police said two people were killed after a car with L plates collided with a truck and then hit another car, near the Grampians.

Classroom interior, unknown school (c.1920s) library picture
Not from this story. A library photograph of classroom school pupils, used to illustrate it. Classroom interior, unknown school (c.1920s) pellethepoet / flickr, CC BY

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How outlets headlined it

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

  • WAtoday Three killed in school-holiday crash involving learner driver plain
  • The Age Man killed and two others injured in Melbourne crash plain
  • The Age Two killed, four injured in horror school-holiday crash involving learner driver 1 change

How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it

No other newsroom we read has filed on this event, so there is nothing to compare it with yet.

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

Outlet Niral Score
WAtodayas they published this story 4.2

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The same event elsewhere

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

The Age Man killed and two others injured in Melbourne crash Niral 4.3 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Man killed and two others injured in Melbourne crash Niral 4.3 political 0 Brisbane Times Man killed and two others injured in Melbourne crash Niral 4.3 political 0 WAtoday Man killed and two others injured in Melbourne crash Niral 4.3 political 0 Brisbane Times Three killed in school-holiday crash involving learner driver Niral 4.2 political 0 The Age Two killed, four injured in school-holiday crash involving learner driver Niral 18.3 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Two killed, four injured in school-holiday crash involving learner driver Niral 18.3 political 0