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Jim Bakker, disgraced PTL Club televangelist, dies at 86
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Jim Bakker, who co-founded "The PTL Club" with Tammy Faye and built a Christian broadcasting empire, died at 86. His ministry collapsed amid a sex scandal and fraud conviction, leading to a prison sentence.
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How the outlets frame it
10 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- All measuresNo outlet stands apart. Most read as leans negative and mildly sensational.
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?
From negative (Hindustan Times) to neutral (Fox News), with others in between.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
Between measured and mildly sensational; no outlet stands apart.
2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
Between neutral wording and some charged words; no outlet stands apart.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report give room to one side only?
All 6 read as straight.
4 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 10 outlets and the headlines they were read from
ABC News
Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: not placed · Slant: Straight
CBS News
Jim Bakker, who co-founded "The PTL Club" but fell into disgrace, dies at 86Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: not placed
Fox News
Jim Bakker, 'PTL Club' televangelist and fmr husband of Tammy Faye, dead at 86Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
Hindustan Times
Where is Jessica Hahn now? Jim Bakker's death puts spotlight on old sex scandal that brought down PTL televangelist - latest updateFraming: Negative · Sensationalism: not placed · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
NBC News
Jim Bakker, Controversial Televangelist, Dies at 86Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
New York Post
Televangelist Jim Bakker mourned death of his sister week before his passingFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: not placed · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
Newsweek
Jim Bakker Scandals Explained as Televangelist Dies at 86Framing: Negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
NPR
Jim Bakker, who built 'PTL Club' televangelism empire, has died at 86Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: not placed
The Guardian
US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: not placed
The New York Times
Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · 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
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherSingle event
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Other signals
3 found · 18 not present- TopicReligion
- What a reader getsNew facts
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Article typenot present
- Policy areanot present
- Government levelnot present
- Where it happensnot 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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