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Trump suggests Iran could 'take out' LA and San Diego if it develops nuclear weapons
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President Donald Trump suggested Monday during a political rally in Nebraska that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, comments that dr...

How the outlets frame it
4 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outLos Angeles Times (tabloid, leans one way).
- PlainestABC 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?
Both read as leans negative.
2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
Los Angeles Times stands apart as tabloid; the other 2 read as mildly sensational.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
Breitbart stands apart as some charged words; the other 2 read as neutral wording.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Both read as leans one way.
2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 4 outlets and the headlines they were read from
ABC News
Trump suggests Iran could 'take out' LA and San Diego if it develops nuclear weaponsFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: not placed
Breitbart
White House Fires Back at Critics After Trump's Remark That Iran 'Can Take Out a City'Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Leans one way
Business Insider
Trump says Iran could ‘take out’ LA. Its missiles can’t reach that far.Framing: not placed · Sensationalism: not placed · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: not placed
Los Angeles Times
Lopez: 'Take out' L.A. or San Diego? This buffoon thinks Trump was way out of lineFraming: not placed · Sensationalism: Tabloid · Loaded language: not placed · Slant: Leans one way
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 endsSensationalism · Measured → Sensational
Loaded language · Neutral → Loaded
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherSingle event
No time pressure
Other signals
5 found · 16 not present- Article typeNews report
- Policy areaForeign policy
- Government levelMultiple levels
- Where it happensA US state or city
- What a reader getsNew facts
- Topicnot present
- Tonenot 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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