1 - * CNN: Headline does not indicate who
attacked whom;
* MSNBC: Headline indicates who attacked
whom;
2 - * CNN: The leading sentence (the most
important one) still does not indicate
who attacked whom;
* MSNBC's leading sentence repeats who
attacked whom;
3 - * CNN: The leading sentence implies, by
referring to settlers returning from funeral,
that Palestinians strated the attack;
* MSNBC: no ambiguity is left about who
attacked whom;
4 - * CNN: The leading sentence does not tell
us that a 13 year old Palestinian girl was
shot in the head and killed;
* MSNBC: The leading sentence tells us
that a 13 year old Palestinian girl was
killed;
5 - * CNN: We have to wait until paragraph 3
to learn that it was the settlers who
"erupted";
* MSNBC: we were told from the beginning
that the settlers "assaulted Palestinians";
6 - * CNN: story is 250 words long;
* MSNBC: story is 897 words long;
7 - * CNN story has no accompanying
photograph;
* MSNBC: has a photograph showing
settlers throwing stones and shooting
at Palestinians;
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