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Richard Riehle, 'Office Space' Actor, Dies at 78
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Richard Riehle, best known for playing Tom Smykowski in the 1999 comedy "Office Space," died Thursday at age 78. He amassed more than 400 film and television credits over a screen career spanning more than 40 years.
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How the outlets frame it
4 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outABC News (mildly sensational, some charged words).
- PlainestFox News, Breitbart and NBC News.
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 3 read as neutral.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
ABC News stands apart as mildly sensational; the other 3 read as measured.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
ABC News stands apart as some charged words; the other 3 read as neutral wording.
Does the report give room to one side only?
All 4 read as straight.
All 4 outlets and the headlines they were read from
ABC News
Richard Riehle, actor in 'Glory' and 'Office Space,' diesFraming: not placed · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
Breitbart
Richard Riehle, 'Office Space' Star, Dead at 78Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
Fox News
'Office Space' star Richard Riehle dead at 78Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
NBC News
Richard Riehle, character actor best known for ‘Office Space,’ dies at 78Framing: 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 endsLoaded language · Neutral → Loaded
Sensationalism · Measured → Sensational
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherAffects a specific US group
Single event
No time pressure
Not political
Deaths reported
Other signals
4 found · 17 not present- Article typeObituary
- TopicCulture and entertainment
- What a reader getsNew facts
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Policy areanot present
- Government levelnot present
- Where it happensunclear
- 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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