United States: a 16-year-old kills three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school
the same fact, two accounts
this subject is more divergent than 60% of recent comparable stories
NorwayOslo first notes the human toll in Bend: children aged 5 to 11 and a teacher were killed, and a resident who shot the 16-year-old gunman.
What each one tells
opposition
EcuadorQuito is relaying the Bend shooting in real time, sticking to the provisional toll and the response of the police, without motive or debate on guns.
- Norway
Heroic portrayal of the civilian
Aftenposten highlights the resident who shot the shooter, under a subheading referring to him as a hero.
Omission of the motive
the account leaves the question of causes open, due to a lack of police information.
What the account puts first
EcuadorStatistical
the narrative places the event in an annual count of mass shootings rather than in the political debate on guns.
- Norway
this perspective does not carry this information
What it leans on
Ecuador onlyEcuadorReliance on CNN
the toll is based on preliminary information reprinted from an American media outlet.