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Swans blindsided as Roos launch $11m Blakey contract offer

Reported by 2 outlets. Every outlet’s headline, how the story developed, and how loaded the writing was in each report we could read in full.

How outlets headlined it

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

How it developed · 16 steps
  1. ABC News filed Swans blindsided as Roos launch $11m Blakey contract offer
  2. ABC News changed its headline Live: Blakey chase intensifies as blockbuster AFL trade loomsHawks youngster seeks move to Suns
  3. ABC News rewrote its report (700 words in, 2 out)
  4. ABC News changed its headline Live: Blakey chase intensifies Swans blindsided by Blakey's meetings with rivals as Hawks youngster seeks move to SunsCats land Marshall
  5. ABC News rewrote its report (681 words in, 197 out)
  6. ABC News changed its headline Live: Swans blindsided by Blakey's meetings with rivals Roos lodge 'significant' Blakey offer after meeting as Cats land Marshall
  7. ABC News rewrote its report (165 words in, 108 out)
  8. ABC News changed its headline Live: Roos lodge 'significant' Blakey offer after meeting as Cats land MarshallSeven-team monster deal in the works to get Butters to Bulldogs
  9. ABC News rewrote its report (381 words in, 313 out)
  10. ABC News changed its headline Live: Roos launch huge $11m Blakey bid as clubs work on seven-team monster dealin the works to get Butters to Bulldogs
  11. ABC News rewrote its report (485 words in, 466 out)
  12. ABC News changed its headline Live: Swans blindsided by meetings as Roos launch huge $11m Blakey bid as clubs work on seven-team dealcontract offer
  13. ABC News rewrote its report (888 words in, 596 out)
  14. ABC News changed its headline Swans blindsided by meetings as Roos launch $11m Blakey contract offer
  15. ABC News rewrote its report (3 words in, 6 out)
  16. The Age filed North board approved large Blakey offer amid police investigation

The Age filed a report we only receive a summary of, so it is not scored here.

Only one report could be scored, ABC News’s, so there is nothing to compare it with here: it reads 21.3 on Language Load (light load). Its own page has every reading.