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
SwedenStockholm remembers the Bend shooting for the speed of the response: three minutes between the alert and the arrival of the police, and a resident who shot the gunman before they did.
What each one tells
same framing
United KingdomLondon recounts the Bend massacre through its victims and hero father, then files it away among American rituals of mourning and gun purchases.
- Sweden
Heroic
the story highlights the resident who shot the shooter, before the victims.
What the account puts first
United KingdomFocus on the shooter
the Daily Mail highlights his image and gaze, before the investigation.
- Sweden
Reliance on American sources
the information comes from CNN and BBC relays, with no correspondent cited on the scene.
What it leans on
United KingdomReliance on an American relay
the identity of the passerby comes from a close relation cited by NBC News.