Global News
1 rewrite across 1 article 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 Global News rewrites a headline, it has
- 1 time changed who the claim is attributed to — 100% of its rewrites
- 1 time changed who is named — 100% of its rewrites
- 1 time added or removed quotation marks — 100% 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.
- Global News
Headline changed from: EU wants Canada as its first 'associate member,' von der Leyen says. To: EU wants Canada as its first 'associate member.' What does that mean?.
- AttributionDropped the attribution “says” — the headline no longer says who is claiming it.
- Who is namedNo longer names “Leyen”.
- Who is namedNow names “What”.
- Quotation marksRemoved the quotation marks around “associate member,” — presented now as the outlet's own words.
- Quotation marksPut “associate member.” in quotation marks — presented now as someone else's words.