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Five people found dead after shooting at a home in Georgia

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Five people were found dead after a shooting at a home in Georgia. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office described the incident as a “terrible tragedy.” According to The New York Times, officials said the shooting in Douglas was related to domestic violence and that the victims lived together in the same house. The Daily Mail describes the deaths as a suspected murder-suicide, and The New York Times uses that term in its headline, though its article text does not. Coverage describes the event as a mass shooting, and the time and circumstances of the killings are still being reported.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Five people were found dead after a shooting at a home in Georgia.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The New York Times
    Center
    Newsweek
    Right
    New York Post, Daily Mail

  2. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office described the incident as a “terrible tragedy.”

    One outletNewsweek· Center

  3. Officials said the shooting in Douglas was related to domestic violence and that the victims lived together in the same house.

    One outletThe New York Times· Left

  4. The deaths have been described as a suspected murder-suicide.

    Reported byLeft1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The New York Times
    Right
    Daily Mail

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • The deaths were a murder-suicide.

    The New York Times headline states it as a murder-suicide. The Daily Mail calls it a suspected murder-suicide. The New York Post and Newsweek do not use the term in the supplied text.

How each side tells it

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  • the left

    3 outlets

    The headline states the event as a murder-suicide, and the opening paragraph leads with officials’ domestic violence explanation rather than the shooting itself.

    Five people shot and killed in apparent murder-suicide, Georgia police say
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    The headline frames the event as a mass shooting and promises an explainer of what is known, using the sheriff’s office’s “terrible tragedy” statement as its main quoted reaction.

    Georgia Mass Shooting: What We Know After 5 Found Dead
    NewsweekCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Both right-side headlines lead with the death toll and a mass shooting, with the New York Post stressing the late-night gunfire and the Daily Mail using more emotive wording such as “Horror” and “brutally murdered” while reporting the murder-suicide only as a suspicion.

    Sensational language“Horror”The word is an emotional exclamation that adds drama to a news report of deaths.More neutral: Five found deadDisagree with this highlight? as five found dead inside remote Georgia home in suspected murder-suicide
    Daily MailRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

Language to notice

Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right2

    brutally murderedHorror

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    brutally murderedMore neutral: killed

    The adverb adds a judgement about the killings and states as murder what police describe as a suspected murder-suicide.

    Five people were brutally murdered in a fatal mass shooting at a remote Georgia home in Douglas - less than 80…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    HorrorMore neutral: Five found dead

    The word is an emotional exclamation that adds drama to a news report of deaths.

    Horror as five found dead inside remote Georgia home in suspected murder-suicide

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

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See for yourself

Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

3 outlets

Leads with

  • murder-suicide label
  • domestic violence link
  • victims living together

Leaves out

  • mass shooting label
  • late-night timing

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report

    4 family members and shooter dead in rural Georgia shooting

    Georgia police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in a rural home that left five people dead, including the shooter

    Read at ABC News (opens in a new tab)
  • The GuardianLeft

    Five people shot and killed in apparent murder-suicide, Georgia police say

    Deceased were all members of the same family, officials say, and one of victims placed the initial emergency call Five people were shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a residence in Georgia on Friday, authorities say. …

    Read at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
  • The New York TimesLeft

    5 Killed in Murder-Suicide at a Home in Georgia

    Officials said the shooting in the city of Douglas was related to domestic violence. The victims lived together in the same house.

    Read at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • number of people found dead
  • sheriff’s office statement
  • what is known so far

Leaves out

  • domestic violence link

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • death toll
  • late-night gunfire
  • remote location
  • horror of the killings

Leaves out

  • official link to domestic violence

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • Daily MailRight

    Sensational language“Horror”The word is an emotional exclamation that adds drama to a news report of deaths.More neutral: Five found deadDisagree with this highlight? as five found dead inside remote Georgia home in suspected murder-suicide

    Five people were Sensational language“brutally murdered”The adverb adds a judgement about the killings and states as murder what police describe as a suspected murder-suicide.More neutral: killedDisagree with this highlight? in a fatal mass shooting at a remote Georgia home in Douglas - less than 80 miles north of the Florida border.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
  • New York PostRight

    Five found dead after late-night mass shooting in Georgia home

    Five people were gunned down in a late-night mass shooting at a home in Georgia.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    9 hr 34 min later

    Its first report, Oct 10, 5:14 PM EDT

  • Center

    5 hr 40 min later

    Its first report, Oct 10, 1:19 PM EDT

  • Right

    First to report

    New York Post, Oct 10, 7:39 AM EDT

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  1. New York PostRightOct 10, 7:39 AM EDT
  2. Daily MailRightOct 10, 11:35 AM EDT
  3. NewsweekCenterOct 10, 1:19 PM EDT
  4. The New York TimesLeftOct 10, 5:14 PM EDT
  5. The GuardianLeftOct 10, 8:01 PM EDT
  6. ABC NewsLeftOct 10, 10:45 PM EDT

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