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Iowa Water Quality and Cancer Rates Become Key Midterm Campaign Issue
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Water quality and cancer rates have become central topics in Iowa's midterm political campaigns. Agricultural runoff containing nitrates and phosphorus from chemical fertilizers and animal waste pollutes the state's rivers, affecting urban centers that use these waterways for drinking water.
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How the outlets frame it
2 outlets, each read from its own headline and openingTap 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?
ABC News reads as leans negative, PBS NewsHour as neutral.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
PBS NewsHour reads as measured, ABC News as mildly sensational.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
Both read as neutral wording.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Both read as straight.
All 2 outlets and the headlines they were read from
ABC News
Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaignsFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
PBS NewsHour
Iowa's water quality and cancer rates forced into forefront of state politicsFraming: 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.
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherAffects a specific US group
No time pressure
No violence reported
Other signals
7 found · 14 not present- Article typeNews report
- Government levelState
- Where it happensA US state or city
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Humanitarian impactFood or water insecurity
- Public safetyA health risk to a group
- Public healthAn outbreak or disease
- Topicnot present
- Policy areanot present
- What a reader getsnot 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
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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