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Curtis Flowers, wrongfully convicted man once on death row, dies at 56
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Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent over 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi, has died at 56. His conviction was thrown out by the US Supreme Court after six trials over the 1996 murders of four people.
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How the outlets frame it
3 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outCBS News (mildly sensational, one-sided).
- PlainestNew York Post and The Guardian.
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?
Both read as neutral.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
CBS News stands apart as mildly sensational; the other 2 read as measured.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
All 3 read as neutral wording.
Does the report give room to one side only?
CBS News stands apart as one-sided; the other 2 read as straight.
All 3 outlets and the headlines they were read from
CBS News
Curtis Flowers, wrongfully convicted man once on death row, dies at 56Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
New York Post
Curtis Flowers, Mississippi man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies at age 56Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
The Guardian
Curtis Flowers, US man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, dies aged 56Framing: not placed · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
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 endsSlant · Straight → One-sided
Sensationalism · Measured → Sensational
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherSingle event
No time pressure
Deaths reported
Other signals
4 found · 17 not present- Article typeObituary
- Where it happensA US state or city
- What a reader getsNew facts
- Civil liberties questionDue process or detention
- Topicnot present
- Policy areanot present
- Government levelnot present
- Tonenot 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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