Air strikes hit gold mining site on Sudan-Egypt border; rights group says 72 killed

In the outlets’ own words

• Delegitimizing label

  so-calledMore neutral: artisanal miners

  So-called casts doubt on the miners’ description without evidence, when the article itself describes them as prospectors.

  Emergency Lawyers, based in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, said jets targeted the so-called artisanal miners at a popular gold mining sites in Sudan's River Nile state on…

  Used byBBC News (Center)

• Loaded modifier

  border lawlessnessMore neutral: continued insecurity along the border

  Calls the border lawless as a general judgement, without specific events in the excerpt to support it.

  Deadly air raids on gold miners in Sudan expose deepening border lawlessness and regional instability.

  Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

• Sensational language

  severe security vacuumMore neutral: limited security presence along the border

  Describes the border with a dramatic label instead of the specific security gaps the article reports.

  …has killed at least 72 workers, according to a rights group, highlighting the severe security vacuum along the country’s increasingly lawless border with Egypt.

  Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

• Loaded modifier

  increasingly lawless borderMore neutral: border area where state control is limited

  Labels the whole border as lawless and growing more so, a judgement the excerpt does not establish.

  …rights group, highlighting the severe security vacuum along the country’s increasingly lawless border with Egypt.

  Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)