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Jack Smith defends Trump probes in Senate hearing

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Former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, defending his two criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. Reports also indicate his investigators obtained internal communications between journalists and Trump administration officials during the federal election probe.

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Jack Smith defends Trump probes in Senate hearing
Photo: PBS NewsHour

How the outlets frame it

6 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening
  • Stands outThe Hill (negative, mildly sensational, some charged words, one-sided).
  • PlainestABC News, Breitbart and 3 more.
Sensational
Measured
Across: does the report cast the development as bad news or good news. Up: does the report play the story up to grab attention. A thin line joins a logo nudged aside to its exact point. 2 outlets could not be placed on both measures.

Tap a logo to see the outlet, the headline it was read from, and where it sits on every measure.

FramingOne outlier

Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?

The Hill stands apart as negative; the other 4 read as neutral.

NegativeNeutralPositive

1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.

SensationalismOne outlier

Does the report play the story up to grab attention?

The Hill stands apart as mildly sensational; the other 3 read as measured.

MeasuredSensational

2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.

Loaded languageClose

Do the words judge rather than describe?

Between neutral wording and some charged words; no outlet stands apart.

NeutralLoaded
SlantOne outlier

Does the report give room to one side only?

The Hill stands apart as one-sided; the other 4 read as straight.

StraightOne-sided

1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.

All 6 outlets and the headlines they were read from

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 ends

  1. Slant · Straight → One-sided

    StraightGOP senator confuses sports teams during Jack Smith testimonyCBS News One-sidedRaskin rips Schmitt questioning of Jack Smith: ‘He’s basically disgraced himself’The Hill

  2. Framing · Negative → Positive

    NegativeRaskin rips Schmitt questioning of Jack Smith: ‘He’s basically disgraced himself’The Hill NeutralJack Smith Obtained Internal Communications Between Nearly 50 Journalists, Trump OfficialsBreitbart

The story as a whole

Read from all the reports together
Relevance to US readers5 of 5

Affects most US readers

IndirectDirect
Story lifespan3 of 5

Single event

SettledDeveloping
Violence reported1 of 5

No violence reported

No violenceDeaths

Other signals

6 found · 15 not present
  • Article typeNews report
  • Government levelFederal
  • Where it happensUnited States national
  • What a reader getsNew facts
  • ToneNeutral and factual
  • Civil liberties questionPrivacy or surveillance
  • Topicnot present
  • Policy areanot present
  • Main political actornot 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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