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Consumer Confidence Hits 12-Year Low in September on Fuel Cost Worries
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The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 81.9 in September, down 6.7 points from August, marking the lowest level since 2014. Rising fuel costs intensified inflation worries, making households more pessimistic about business conditions, jobs, and their own finances.
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How the outlets frame it
3 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outBreitbart (negative, mildly sensational, some charged words).
- PlainestAl Jazeera and The Hill.
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?
Breitbart stands apart as negative; the other 2 read as neutral.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
Breitbart stands apart as mildly sensational; the other 2 read as measured.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
Breitbart stands apart as some charged words; the other 2 read as neutral wording.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Both read as straight.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 3 outlets and the headlines they were read from
Al Jazeera
US consumer confidence hits its lowest level since 2014 ahead of midtermsFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
Breitbart
Consumer Confidence Plunges to 12-Year Low as Fuel Costs Squeeze HouseholdsFraming: Negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: not placed
The Hill
Consumer confidence drops to lowest level in more than a decadeFraming: 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 most US readers
Not disputed in the text
Attributed to named officials or documents
No violence reported
Other signals
4 found · 17 not present- TopicEconomy and business
- Where it happensUnited States national
- What a reader getsNew facts
- Who is economically affectedConsumers
- Article typenot present
- Policy areanot present
- Government levelnot present
- Tonenot present
- Main political actornot present
- Civil liberties questionnot present
- Market relevancenot present
- Which marketnot present
- Market horizonnot 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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