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US state's prison chief resigns after botched execution

Summary

The top official in charge of prisons in the US state of Tennessee is to step down, after a female death row inmate survived execution by lethal injection.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • The West Australian US state's prison chief resigns after botched execution plain
  • WAtoday State prisons boss steps down after botched execution plain
  • 7NEWS Christa Pike: Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution, governor says plain
  • ABC News Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution plain
  • SBS News (World) Tennessee prison chief resigns following botched Christa Pike execution plain

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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 ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentHappiness
The West Australianas they published this story 11.8 2 42 -0.7 48.8
7NEWS 8 5 75 -0.7 31.1
ABC News 11.2 13 63 -1.3 30.6
SBS News (World) 6.3 2 58 -1.2 36.7

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