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Sydney, NSW

Wild footage shows alleged carjacking before crash in Sydney’s CBD

7NEWS Freddy Pawle
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From the report

Footage has emerged of a half-naked man appearing to rob a woman of her car in the middle of a busy CBD.

How outlets headlined it

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

  • The Age Man arrested over alleged carjacking in Sydney CBD
  • ABC News Pedestrian, police car struck after Sydney CBD carjacking
  • 7NEWS Wild footage shows alleged carjacking before shocking crash in Sydney’s CBD 1 change

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Headline as published: Wild footage shows alleged carjacking before shocking crash in Sydney’s CBD

The one thing this headline claims is in the report.

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A summary of 7NEWS’s report. The score is for the full 352-word report.

How calmly each outlet wrote it

The Age, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentMood
7NEWSas they published this story 84.9 3 79 -0.7 24.7
ABC News 90.4 1 19 0 44.5

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The same event elsewhere

6 outlets from 3 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 5 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.

The Age Man arrested over alleged carjacking in Sydney CBD summary only, not scored WAtoday Man arrested over alleged carjacking in Sydney CBD summary only, not scored The Sydney Morning Herald Man arrested over alleged carjacking in Sydney CBD summary only, not scored Brisbane Times Man arrested over alleged carjacking in Sydney CBD summary only, not scored ABC News Pedestrian, police car struck after Sydney CBD carjacking Niral 90.4 · calm writing political 0