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A man died after entering the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday afternoon. Police said he died at the scene. The park was evacuated and closed to the public, and it remained closed on Sunday. The park said the tiger, a male named Altai, will not be euthanised, and said its sympathies were with the man’s family. The Born Free Foundation, a group that campaigns to phase out zoos, called for an urgent review of how the man got into the enclosure. The investigation is continuing.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. A man died after entering the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday afternoon.

    Across the spectrumReported byFar Left1Left4Center3Right1Far Right3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Left
    The Guardian, CBS News, ABC News, The New York Times
    Center
    Newsweek, Sky News, BBC News
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    RedState, The Daily Caller, Breitbart News

  2. Police said the man died at the scene.

    Reported byLeft1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  3. The park was evacuated and closed to the public after the attack.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian, The New York Times
    Center
    Sky News, BBC News
    Far Right
    The Daily Caller, Breitbart News

  4. The park said the tiger, Altai, will not be euthanised.

    Reported byFar Left1Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  5. Witnesses said a woman tried to stop the man before he jumped into the enclosure.

    One outletThe Daily Beast· Far Left

  6. The Born Free Foundation, a campaign group, called for an urgent review of how the man got into the enclosure.

    One outletBBC News· Center

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • The man entered the enclosure illegally.

    RedState calls it illegal entry and Breitbart says he voluntarily entered. Guardian, New York Times, New York Post and Daily Beast describe him jumping or climbing in without saying whether the entry was lawful.

  • The park reopens on Sunday.

    Sky reported the park was expected to open that day in one report and that it would remain closed in another; BBC reported it remained shut for a third day.

How each side tells it

Compare views

Every side reports that a man died after entering the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday and that the park closed. Left and center headlines center on the death and the park’s closure, while right headlines stress the tiger’s fate and the man as an intruder.

  • the left

    6 outlets

    Left headlines report the death and the attack plainly, with the park’s closure; the far-left Daily Beast leads with dramatic witness details instead.

    Man Dies in Tiger Attack at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England
    The New York TimesLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    3 outlets

    Center headlines focus on the park’s closure and reopening and describe the attack in plain terms, while Newsweek links the incident to similar U.S. zoo incidents.

    Wildlife park closed for third day after tiger attack
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    3 outlets · 1 opinion

    Right headlines focus on the tiger’s fate and the man’s entry; the far-right outlets call him an intruder or say he entered illegally, while the New York Post reports the tiger’s fate.

    Fate of tiger that fatally mauled visitor at UK wildlife park revealed
    New York PostRightAll 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.

  • Left6

    HorrorSparks Panichorrific incidenthorrifying incident

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right15

    harrowing storydecided to ignore all of thoseIllegally Enters His Cagesavagely mauled to death

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    harrowing storyMore neutral: story

    The adjective adds drama to a news report without adding facts.

    …that I never thought I would have to write in an op-ed piece, but after this harrowing story broke out of the U.K.

    Used byRedState (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    decided to ignore all of thoseMore neutral: entered the enclosure despite the warning signs

    It asserts the man’s intent and frames his conduct as deliberate defiance, which the police account does not establish.

    It all started when an unidentified man decided to ignore all of those "do not enter" warnings and proceeded to enter a wildlife enclosure in the…

    Used byRedState (Far Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    Illegally Enters His CageMore neutral: Man enters tiger enclosure

    Illegally states a legal conclusion that police did not make in the supplied text, and his cage is a different description from the enclosure used elsewhere.

    'Don't Try This at Home': Tiger Kills Man Who Illegally Enters His Cage at Wildlife Park

    Used byRedState (Far Right)

  • Sensational language

    savagely mauled to deathMore neutral: fatally attacked

    The adverb adds emotional force beyond the police account that the man was attacked and pronounced dead at the scene.

    A man was savagely mauled to death after entering the tiger enclosure at a zoo in England.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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  • Sensational language

    tiger’s lairMore neutral: enclosure

    Lair describes the enclosure as a predator’s den, which adds a dramatic image not needed to report where the incident happened.

    The unidentified man got into the tiger’s lair at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon and was quickly set upon by a…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    Shocking footageMore neutral: Footage

    The adjective tells readers how to feel about the footage rather than describing it.

    Shocking footage showed the tiger biting and clawing at the man’s back as he sat on the grass and…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    HorrorMore neutral: Tiger attack

    Adds drama that the plain facts do not require; the attack can be described without it.

    Horror Tiger Attack Sparks Panic at Zoo

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    Sparks PanicMore neutral: Tiger attack at zoo

    Asserts a public reaction that the article does not report.

    Horror Tiger Attack Sparks Panic at Zoo

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    pleaded withMore neutral: asked

    Presents a request as an emotional appeal, adding judgement about the speaker’s manner.

    “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin pleaded with authorities not to kill a tiger that mauled a man who got in its enclosure at a…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    weekend horrorMore neutral: death at the park

    Adds drama to the description of the death without adding facts.

    …expressed heartfelt sympathy for the victim’s grieving family following the weekend horror at Yorkshire Wildlife Park — but said no blame for the tragedy should fall on the…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    zoo intruderMore neutral: man who entered the enclosure

    Labels the man a trespasser before the circumstances are established.

    …Carole Baskin tells Post that ‘tiger was doing nothing wrong’ when it mauled UK zoo intruder

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    happily dancingMore neutral: was seen dancing before entering

    The headline states a single witness’s account as fact and adds a cheerful tone that the witness account does not establish.

    Man mauled to death by tiger was happily dancing, posing for pics with the animal before he jumped into UK wildlife enclosure

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    tasted human flesh and bloodMore neutral: attacked the man

    Dramatic wording about the animal goes beyond the reported facts of the attack.

    …park in northern England will not be to put to death even though it has tasted human flesh and blood.

    Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)

  • Sensational language

    horrific incidentMore neutral: incident

    Emotive adjective that adds drama beyond the reported facts.

    Witnesses to the horrific incident at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park said the woman, who was with her two children,…

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    horrifying incidentMore neutral: incident

    Emotive adjective that adds drama beyond the reported facts.

    The wildlife park is closed following the horrifying incident.

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    DisturbingMore neutral: New

    Adjective that manufactures drama rather than stating what the new details are.

    Disturbing New Details Emerge in Deadly Tiger Attack at Zoo

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    tauntedMore neutral: spoke to

    The verb assigns a hostile intent to the man's words that the excerpt attributes only to unnamed eyewitness accounts.

    The zoo-goer who was mauled to death by a Siberian tiger had taunted the big cat to come and “kill” him, according to harrowing eyewitness accounts of his…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    harrowingMore neutral: eyewitness accounts

    The word adds dramatic emotion beyond the reported facts of the eyewitness accounts.

    …by a Siberian tiger had taunted the big cat to come and “kill” him, according to harrowing eyewitness accounts of his final moments.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    shockingMore neutral: footage

    The adjective adds drama to a description of footage whose content the article does not otherwise characterize.

    He then recorded shocking footage from inside the 30-stone predator’s enclosure moments before he was mauled to…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    beastMore neutral: tiger

    Calling the tiger a beast adds menace that the neutral word tiger does not.

    Newly released video filmed by tiger mauling victim shows him calmly approaching beast moments before he’s killed

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    TroublingMore neutral: New Details Emerge

    Calling the details troubling asserts they are alarming before they are described.

    Troubling New Details Surface After Deadly Tiger Attack at Zoo

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

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Side by side

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

From the left

6 outlets

Leads with

  • the man’s death
  • the park’s evacuation and closure
  • witness accounts of a woman trying to stop him
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From the center

3 outlets

Leads with

  • the park’s closure and reopening
  • the safety of zoo enclosures
  • comparison with U.S. zoo incidents
See the 3 headlines from the centerHide the headlines

From the right

3 outlets · 1 opinion

Leads with

  • the tiger’s fate and reprieve
  • the man entering the enclosure
  • the man described as an intruder

Leaves out

  • witness accounts that a woman tried to stop the man

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

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    2 hr 16 min later

    Its first report, Oct 10, 1:13 PM EDT

  • Center

    First to report

    BBC News, Oct 10, 10:57 AM EDT

  • Right

    2 hr 52 min later

    Its first report, Oct 10, 1:49 PM EDT

See the order the outlets reported inHide the order
  1. BBC NewsCenterOct 10, 10:57 AM EDT
  2. The GuardianLeftOct 10, 1:13 PM EDT
  3. CBS NewsLeftOct 10, 1:35 PM EDT
  4. New York PostRightOct 10, 1:49 PM EDT
  5. ABC NewsLeftOct 10, 2:36 PM EDT
  6. The Daily BeastFar LeftOct 10, 5:15 PM EDT
  7. NewsweekCenterOct 10, 6:50 PM EDT
  8. The New York TimesLeftOct 10, 7:02 PM EDT
  9. The Daily CallerFar RightOct 10, 8:38 PM EDT
  10. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 10, 9:16 PM EDT
  11. Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 11, 9:10 AM EDT
  12. Sky NewsCenterOct 11, 11:24 PM EDT

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out.

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