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Same story, different headlines

We read each outlet's headline and opening without its name and place it on four measures: sensationalism, loaded language, slant and framing. These are the outlets that sit furthest apart on this story.

10 articles · 8 publishers

Oregon father who stopped school shooter speaks out

Stands out
NBC News (mildly sensational, one-sided).
Plainest
The New York Times and PBS NewsHour.

Where the outlets diverge

Two headlines from opposite ends

  1. Slant · Straight → One-sided

    StraightFather who killed Oregon school gunman describes anguish over children he couldn't saveBBC News One-sidedHero who stopped Bend school shooter haunted by encounter: ‘I didn’t save everybody’NBC News

  2. Framing · Negative → Positive

    NeutralFather Who Killed Oregon School Attacker Describes Tense Seconds Before Pulling TriggerBreitbart Leans positiveHero dad who stopped Oregon school shooter shares his storyCBS News
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