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Tropical Storm Rachel floods Southwest, breaks records
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Tropical Storm Rachel brought heavy rain and coastal flooding to Southern California and the Southwest, with Newport Beach declaring an emergency after streets flooded and vehicles were stranded. Las Vegas broke its daily rainfall record, and the storm was downgraded as it moved inland, though forecasters warned of more El Niño-driven storms.
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How the outlets frame it
5 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outLos Angeles Times (neutral, mildly sensational, some charged words) and New York Post (mildly sensational, loaded).
- PlainestHindustan Times.
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?
Split: CBS News, Hindustan Times and New York Post read as negative; Los Angeles Times and NPR as neutral.
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?
From neutral wording (NPR) to loaded (New York Post), with others in between.
Does the report give room to one side only?
All 4 read as straight.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 5 outlets and the headlines they were read from
CBS News
Tropical Storm Rachel devastates homes in California: "We've never seen anything like this"Framing: Negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
Hindustan Times
Newport Beach flooding update: Videos show damaged homes on Balboa Peninsula as city declares an emergencyFraming: Negative · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
Los Angeles Times
Rachel deluges Southwest with rain, but battered coast catches a breakFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
New York Post
Long Beach homeowners heartbroken as Tropical Storm Rachel annihilates housesFraming: Negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Loaded · Slant: not placed
NPR
Tropical Storm Rachel downgraded as high winds and rain turn inwardFraming: 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 endsFraming · Negative → Positive
Loaded language · Neutral → Loaded
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherAffects a specific US group
Developing and expected to update
Not disputed in the text
Not political
No violence reported
Other signals
6 found · 15 not present- TopicDisasters and accidents
- Policy areaDisaster response
- Government levelLocal
- What a reader getsNew facts
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Public safetyImmediate danger to the public
- Article typenot 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 healthnot present
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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