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Iowa pastor responds to 'Hail Satan' prayer at city council meeting
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An Iowa pastor pushed back after a city council meeting in Ottumwa, Iowa, opened with a Satanic invocation that ended with the words "Hail Satan," calling it a "curse" on the city. The prayer was delivered by a former city council member.
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How the outlets frame it
3 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outBreitbart (mildly sensational, some charged words, one-sided).
- PlainestZeroHedge.
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Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?
RT stands apart as leans negative; the other 2 read as neutral.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
ZeroHedge stands apart as measured; the other 2 read as mildly sensational.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
ZeroHedge stands apart as neutral wording; the other 2 read as some charged words.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Breitbart stands apart as one-sided; the other 2 read as straight.
All 3 outlets and the headlines they were read from
Breitbart
WATCH — Iowa Pastor Fights 'Hail Satan' Prayer at City Council Meeting: 'Let's Just Reverse That Curse'Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: One-sided
RT
US city council opens with ‘Hail Satan’ prayer (VIDEO)Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
ZeroHedge
Iowa City Council Meeting Opens With "Hail Satan" InvocationFraming: Neutral · 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
Loaded language · Neutral → Loaded
Framing · Negative → Positive
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherAffects a specific US group
Single event
No time pressure
No violence reported
Other signals
5 found · 16 not present- Article typeNews report
- Government levelLocal
- Where it happensA US state or city
- What a reader getsNew facts
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Topicnot present
- Policy areanot present
- Main political actornot present
- Civil liberties questionnot 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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