Skip to content
Prism
All rewrites

Daily Mail

2 rewrites across 2 articles that Prism has recorded. This is only what the outlet’s public feed showed while Prism was watching, so it is a sample of its habits, not a full account.

When Daily Mail rewrites a headline, it has

  • 1 time changed who is named — 50% of its rewrites
  • 1 time added or removed quotation marks — 50% of its rewrites
  • 1 time added or removed a loaded word — 50% of its rewrites

Each of these describes what the words do, not why the newsroom changed them. The rewrites below show the evidence for every count.

  1. Daily Mail

    1. WasChaos erupts at Trump rally in Texas as series of protesters disrupt president who strikes back: 'They're all paid'

      NowTrump's Texas rally erupts in mayhem as MAGA fan yanks heckler to the ground by his hair and protesters repeatedly interrupt his speech

      • Who is namedNo longer names “They're”.
      • Quotation marksRemoved the quotation marks around “they” — presented now as the outlet's own words.
      • Loaded wordDropped “chaos”.
      • Loaded wordAdded “mayhem”.
      SpectrumCenter-right→Center-left

      Prism reads the rewritten headline as center-left, where the original read center-right.

    Story: Protesters disrupt Trump rally in San Antonio, TexasRead the article
  2. Daily Mail

    1. Headline changed from: Christa Pike is awake and speaking in hospital after her botched execution, lawyer says. To: Christa Pike is conscious and still shackled to hospital bed after botched execution, says lawyer.

      SpectrumCenter→Center-left

      Prism reads the rewritten headline as center-left, where the original read center.

    Story: Christa Pike conscious and speaking after failed lethal injection in TennesseeRead the article