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Kenyan cult preacher convicted of 191 murders in starvation case
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A Kenyan court found preacher Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in the Shakahola starvation cult case. The sect ordered followers to starve themselves and their children; the case is linked to more than 400 deaths.
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How the outlets frame it
6 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outThe Guardian (leans one way).
- PlainestRT, Breitbart and The Times of India.
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?
All 5 read as neutral.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
Between measured and mildly sensational; no outlet stands apart.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
All 6 read as neutral wording.
Does the report give room to one side only?
The Guardian stands apart as leans one way; the other 5 read as straight.
All 6 outlets and the headlines they were read from
BBC News
Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murdersFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
Breitbart
Kenyan Starvation Cult Leader Found Guilty of Murdering 190 ChildrenFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
Hindustan Times
Kenya convicts Doomsday cult leader in 191 starvation deaths; 190 of them were childrenFraming: not placed · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
RT
Kenyan cult preacher convicted of 191 murdersFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
The Guardian
Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adultFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Leans one way
The Times of India
Kenyan cult leader convicted of killing 190 children, told them to starve 'for heaven'Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · 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
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherInternational without clear US relevance
Developing and expected to update
Not political
Deaths reported
Other signals
4 found · 17 not present- Where it happensSub-Saharan Africa
- What a reader getsNew facts
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Humanitarian impactCivilian casualties
- Article typenot present
- Topicnot present
- Policy areanot present
- Government levelnot 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
- Public safetynot present
- Public healthnot present
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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