South China Morning Post
5 rewrites across 5 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 South China Morning Post rewrites a headline, it has
- 3 times changed who the claim is attributed to — 60% of its rewrites
- 2 times changed who is named — 40% of its rewrites
- 2 times added or removed a loaded word — 40% of its rewrites
- 1 time added or removed a hedge — 20% of its rewrites
- 1 time added or removed quotation marks — 20% 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.
- South China Morning Post
Headline changed from: US Air Force removes all bombers from UK airbase targeted by suspected terror attack. To: US removes bombers from UK base after security incident.
- HedgeDropped the hedge “suspected” — the claim is now stated flat.
- Who is namedNo longer names “Air”, “Force”.
- South China Morning Post
WasIsrael's Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Israeli official says
NowNetanyahu makes unannounced visit to UAE, meets Gulf state's president
- AttributionDropped the attribution “says” — the headline no longer says who is claiming it.
- Who is namedNo longer names “Abu”, “Dhabi”, “Sunday”, “Israeli”.
- Who is namedNow names “Gulf”.
- South China Morning Post
WasTrump rejects Iran proposal for deal to reopen Hormuz
NowIran says only diplomacy can end Hormuz crisis after Trump rejects deal
- AttributionAdded the attribution “says” — the claim is now put in someone's mouth.
- Loaded wordAdded “crisis”.
SpectrumCenter→Center-leftPrism reads the rewritten headline as center-left, where the original read center.
- South China Morning Post
WasNetanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie of the century'
NowNetanyahu blasts critics at UN, dismissing Gaza genocide accusations
- Quotation marksRemoved the quotation marks around “the biggest lie of the century” — presented now as the outlet's own words.
- Loaded wordAdded “blasts”.
- South China Morning Post
Headline changed from: Trump says Kennedy Centre to close after judge bars name change. To: Trump threatens to keep Kennedy Centre closed for good after name ruling.
- AttributionDropped the attribution “says” — the headline no longer says who is claiming it.
SpectrumCenter→Center-rightPrism reads the rewritten headline as center-right, where the original read center.