A woman has been seriously injured in a random stabbing on a Melbourne tram.
Crime and courts / Melbourne, VIC
Woman stabbed during random Melbourne tram attack
From the report
How outlets headlined it
Each outlet's own headline.
- ABC News Woman stabbed during random Melbourne tram attack
- The Sydney Morning Herald Woman hospitalised after Melbourne tram stabbing
- 7NEWS Woman, 51, stabbed in neck on South Melbourne tram in the middle of the day
- The West Australian Woman charged over alleged random stabbing of man
- The West Australian Police taser woman after alleged random stabbing of man
Headline check
The one thing this headline claims is in the report.
Figures, names and quoted words in the headline, looked for in the report itself — not in the summary above. One claim in this headline could be checked, so this is a narrow pass and not a thorough one. How this is checked
A summary of ABC News’s report. The score is for the full 169-word report.
How calmly each outlet wrote it
The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times and The West Australian also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Sentiment | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC Newsas they published this story | 89.5 | 3 | 28 | -0.5 | 16.7 |
| 7NEWS | 91 | 3 | 62 | -0.1 | 46.2 |
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The same event elsewhere
7 outlets from 3 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 6 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Woman hospitalised after Melbourne tram stabbing
summary only, not scored
WAtoday
Woman hospitalised after Melbourne tram stabbing
summary only, not scored
The Age
Woman hospitalised after Melbourne tram stabbing
summary only, not scored
Brisbane Times
Woman hospitalised after Melbourne tram stabbing
summary only, not scored
7NEWS
Woman, 51, stabbed in neck on South Melbourne tram in the middle of the day
Niral 91 · calm writing
political 0
The West Australian
Woman charged over alleged random stabbing of man
summary only, not scored