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Alleged Chinese agent makes federal court appearance after LAX arrest
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Wanying 'Heather' Zhang, a California realtor, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. The FBI alleges she surveilled Taiwan President Lai's family, filming their home and vehicles and sending information to Chinese handlers.
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How the outlets frame it
10 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outHindustan Times (negative, tabloid, one-sided).
- PlainestThe Guardian, CBS News and TIME.
Tap a logo to see the outlet, the headline it was read from, and where it sits on every measure.
Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?
Split: Hindustan Times, New York Post and Taipei Times read as mostly leans negative; CBS News, Fox News and 2 more as neutral.
3 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
From measured (NPR) to tabloid (Hindustan Times), with others in between.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
New York Post stands apart as loaded; the other 8 read as neutral wording.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Fox News stands apart as straight; the other 3 read as one-sided.
6 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 10 outlets and the headlines they were read from
Al Jazeera
FBI arrests ‘Chinese foreign agent’ for spying on Taiwan president’s sonFraming: not placed · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: not placed
CBS News
Alleged Chinese agent makes federal court appearanceFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: not placed
Fox News
California realtor accused of spying for China caught at LAX and more top headlinesFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Tabloid · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
Hindustan Times
‘Saw him, young male’: US realtor's 'creepy' texts expose China's bid to spy on Taiwan President’s sonFraming: Negative · Sensationalism: Tabloid · Loaded language: not placed · Slant: One-sided
New York Post
Husband of alleged Chinese spy who stalked Taiwanese president’s son for communist regime dodges questions at courtFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Loaded · Slant: not placed
Newsweek
Who Is Wanying ‘Heather’ Zhang? California Realtor Accused of Being China AgentFraming: not placed · Sensationalism: not placed · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: not placed
NPR
FBI arrests a woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for ChinaFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
Taipei Times
Taiwan condemns ‘spying’ on Lai’s sonFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
The Guardian
California woman arrested and accused of spying on Taiwan president’s son for ChinaFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: not placed
TIME
Suspected Chinese Foreign Agent Arrested at Los Angeles AirportFraming: not placed · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: not placed
Each outlet is read blind: a classifier sees its headline and opening next to the story's own headline, without the outlet's name, and scores how the report presents the story. A logo sits at the classifier's average reading, so it can fall between two levels. These readings compare coverage of this story only; they are not ratings of the outlets.
Where the outlets diverge
Two headlines from opposite endsFraming · Negative → Positive
Slant · Straight → One-sided
Loaded language · Neutral → Loaded
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherSingle event
No time pressure
Not disputed in the text
Official statement or press release
No violence reported
Other signals
5 found · 16 not present- Article typeNews report
- Where it happensA US state or city
- What a reader getsNew facts
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Civil liberties questionPrivacy or surveillance
- Topicnot present
- Policy areanot present
- Government levelnot present
- Main political actornot present
- Market relevancenot present
- Which marketunclear
- Market horizonnot present
- Who is economically affectednot present
- Corporate dimensionnot present
- Conflict dimensionnot present
- Conflict direction reportednot present
- Humanitarian impactnot present
- Public safetynot present
- Public healthnot present
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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