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
PakistanIslamabad sees the Bend shooting as a new episode in the American gun debate, as reported in the dispatches with the intervention of an armed resident at the center of the story.
What each one tells
opposition
United KingdomLondon recounts the Bend massacre through its victims and hero father, then files it away among American rituals of mourning and gun purchases.
- Pakistan
by American debate
the articles put the killing into the series of school shootings and the controversy over gun laws.
What the account puts first
United KingdomFocus on the shooter
the Daily Mail highlights his image and gaze, before the investigation.
- Pakistan
Reliance on agency dispatches
two of the three articles reuse the same text, without any proprietary Pakistani source.
What it leans on
United KingdomReliance on an American relay
the identity of the passerby comes from a close relation cited by NBC News.