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
South AfricaPretoria recalls from Bend a routine American tragedy: the South African press reiterates the account of the agencies, between a community's mourning and a reminder of past massacres.
What each one tells
opposition
AustraliaCanberra is reconstructing the Bend shooting as a textbook security case: locked doors forced open with a rifle, police on the scene in just a few minutes, and a civilian intervening before they arrived.
- South Africa
by recurrence
the narrative places the event in a series of American shootings rather than in its local context.
What the account puts first
Australiaby police chronology
the narrative highlights the forced entry and the response time.
- South Africa
Reliance on anonymous sources
the origin of the weapon is based on an American media outlet citing unnamed officials.
What it leans on
AustraliaReliance on anonymous source
the origin of the weapon is based on an unnamed official quoted by the AP.