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Irish Times says boy, 16, 'drove' the stolen car; RTÉ and TheJournal.ie say he is 'accused of driving' it

A 16-year-old with no lawyer spoke for himself at a bail hearing in Dublin Children's Court. Three reports carry almost the same text. One opens by stating as fact a charge he has not yet answered.

Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road
Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road as published by RTÉ News · seen at RTÉ News
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Same hearing, two verbs. Three outlets report Monday's bail hearing at Dublin Children's Court in near-identical words. They split on whether the boy drove the car. He has not entered a plea.

Outlet Headline First mention of the driving Later in the report
The Irish Times "Boy (16) who drove stolen car" "A boy (16) drove a stolen car" "allegedly the driver"
RTÉ News "Boy accused of driving" "is alleged to have driven" "allegedly the driver"
TheJournal.ie "Teen accused of driving" opening not in the text we hold "allegedly the driver"

No lawyer. All three say he was unrepresented "due to the ongoing dispute over legal aid reforms". The judge warned him against incriminating himself.

His own words. The Irish Times and TheJournal.ie quote him: "I'm going to kill myself or I'm going to kill someone else." Both also carry the garda's "caught red-handed". RTÉ News carries neither.

"No previous convictions" is narrower. The garda accepted he had none "for serious matters dealt with at Circuit Court level". All three add that he missed probation meetings.

Bail. Granted, with a curfew, no cars without an insured driver, bail supervision, and his course and sport.

What is not settled - Whether he drove. No plea, no trial. - What the further charges are. The DPP decides, and that decides which court hears the case. - Whether these are three separate accounts. The texts match almost word for word: one account of the hearing, not three.

What this is about. A 16-year-old boy appeared in court in Dublin charged over a stolen car that, gardaí say, was driven against traffic on one of the city's main roads. He had no lawyer.

How it got here. Gardaí say a Toyota Aqua was stolen in Wexford on 18 September. In the early hours of Saturday 19 September, a Garda drugs unit on patrol in south Dublin tried to stop it. It kept going after a stinger burst its tyres. It ended on the wrong side of the Naas Road, the main road south-west out of Dublin, near the Red Cow junction. Two other youths ran from the car. The boy was arrested after a short chase on foot. On Monday he was charged with motor theft and two counts of dangerous driving.

The actors. - The boy. He is under 18, so the law bars naming him. Ireland's Children Act 2001 sends most cases involving children to the Children's Court. - An Garda Síochána, Ireland's police, objected to bail. - Judge Shalom Binchy decided bail. - The Director of Public Prosecutions decides what charges are brought. If they are serious enough, the case moves to the Circuit Court, where sentences are heavier. - Oberstown is the State's main detention centre for children. Mountjoy is an adult prison in Dublin. The boy set one against the other.

Why he had no lawyer. In Ireland the State pays private solicitors to defend people who cannot afford one. The three reports say an "ongoing dispute over legal aid reforms" left him unrepresented. They do not say what the dispute is.

What is at stake. An accused person is presumed innocent until convicted. A child speaking for himself at a bail hearing can say things that harm his own case, which is why the judge warned him. The next decision, on further charges, sets where he is tried and what he faces.

Where it stands. He is on bail. He returns next week for a check on his bail terms. He has not entered a plea.

What is being argued about

  • Whether a report may say a 16-year-old 'drove' the car before he has entered a plea
  • A child speaking for himself at a bail hearing because of the legal aid dispute
  • Which of his words each outlet chose to print
  • What 'no previous convictions' covered, and what it did not
One hearing, three reports: how each handles the driving and the boy's wordsSide by side
OutletHeadlineDriving stated asQuotes him on killing himself or someone elseCarries 'caught red-handed'
The Irish TimesBoy (16) who drove stolen car wrong way in pursuit tells court 'I need to improve my life'fact: "A boy (16) drove a stolen car"yesyes
RTÉ NewsBoy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of roadallegation: "is alleged to have driven"nono
TheJournal.ieTeen accused of driving stolen car wrong way says he must change, or he'll 'end up in Mountjoy'allegation: "accused of driving"yesyes
The boy has not entered a plea. All three reports call him 'allegedly the driver' somewhere in the body.
Sources T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Boy (16) who drove stolen car wrong way in pursuit tells court ‘I need to improve my life’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way says he must change, or he'll 'end up in Mountjoy' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From a stolen car in Wexford to a bail hearing in DublinTimeline
  1. 2026-09-18— no time published Garda Stephen O'Brien A Toyota Aqua is stolen in Wexford, the garda allegesRTÉ News, The Irish Times, TheJournal.ie
  2. 2026-09-19— no time published; 'the early hours of Saturday' Garda Aaron Webb Pursuit in south Dublin; car goes against traffic on the Naas Road towards the Red Cow junction; boy arrested after a foot chase 1.6km on the wrong sideRTÉ News, The Irish Times, TheJournal.ie
  3. 2026-09-21— no time published; RTÉ says 'this afternoon' Dublin Children's Court Boy charged with motor theft and two counts of dangerous driving; speaks for himself; granted bail 3 chargesRTÉ News, The Irish Times, TheJournal.ie
  4. 2026-09-2116:50 published time on the report RTÉ News 'Boy accused of driving stolen car'RTÉ News
  5. 2026-09-2117:34 published time on the report The Irish Times 'Boy (16) who drove stolen car'The Irish Times
  6. 2026-09-2117:40 published time on the report TheJournal.ie 'Teen accused of driving stolen car'TheJournal.ie
Events before Monday are the garda account given in court. Publication times are Irish time.
Sources R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Boy (16) who drove stolen car wrong way in pursuit tells court ‘I need to improve my life’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way says he must change, or he'll 'end up in Mountjoy' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

'Drove' or 'accused of driving'

The boy has not entered a plea. One report opens by saying flatly that he drove the car, then calls him 'allegedly the driver' further down. The other two hedge from the headline or the first sentence.

1 reports that open by stating he drove 2 reports that open by calling it an allegation 3 reports on the hearing

What the boy's own words did

Two reports quote the unrepresented 16-year-old saying he would kill himself or someone else. The same two carry the garda's 'caught red-handed'. The third report leaves out both.

2 reports quoting his self-harm remark 2 reports carrying 'caught red-handed' 3 reports noting he had no lawyer
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Boy (16) who drove stolen car wrong way in pursuit tells court ‘I need to improve my life’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way says he must change, or he'll 'end up in Mountjoy' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

misleading The 16-year-old drove the stolen car the wrong way along the Naas Road.
The Irish Times states in its headline and first line that the boy drove the car, but further down its own report calls him 'allegedly the driver', and he has not yet entered a plea. RTÉ News and TheJournal.ie report the same hearing and treat it as an allegation throughout: 'accused of driving' and 'alleged to have driven'.
Checked against 3 sources:
T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Boy (16) who drove stolen car wrong way in pursuit tells court ‘I need to improve my life’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way says he must change, or he'll 'end up in Mountjoy' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The boy is charged with motor theft and two counts of dangerous driving, and further charges are likely.
All three reports carry the charges and say more are likely. Their wording is almost identical, so they read as one court account rather than three separate checks.
Checked against 3 sources:
T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Boy (16) who drove stolen car wrong way in pursuit tells court ‘I need to improve my life’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way says he must change, or he'll 'end up in Mountjoy' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
misleading The boy has no previous convictions.
All three reports say something narrower: the garda accepted he had no previous convictions for serious matters dealt with at Circuit Court level. The same reports say he had failed to attend probation meetings, which points to some earlier involvement with the courts.
Checked against 3 sources:
T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Boy (16) who drove stolen car wrong way in pursuit tells court ‘I need to improve my life’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way says he must change, or he'll 'end up in Mountjoy' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

T Tom Tuite TheJournal.ie · 2 reports on this story
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed Later in the same report the driving is hedged, which contradicts the flat opening×1
Asserted vs attributed The opening sentence states as fact that he drove; the charge is not yet tried and he has entered no plea×1
Asserted vs attributed The driving is stated as fact in the report's own voice, before the court appearance is mentioned.×1
Attribution collision account attributed to the court, verb 'hit'×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 misleading1 unverified
From 75 reports we hold under this byline, at The Irish Times, TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way says he must change, or he'll 'end up in Mountjoy' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Headlines his remark that he would 'end up in Mountjoy', and calls him 'accused' in the headline.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. The teen, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, appeared at Dublin Children’s Court on Monday, charged with motor theft and two counts of dangerous driving in connection with an incident at the weekend. In response to garda bail objections he pleaded to be released and promised to obey conditions, telling Judge Shalom Binchy: “I need to improve my life. I’m going to kill myself or I’m going to kill someone else.” Unrepresented due to the ongoing dispute over legal aid reforms, he confirmed he had spoken to his mo
Headline hedge: The headline says 'accused of driving', not 'drove' — “Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way”
Headline vs body: The headline says 'accused'. The body goes on to tell the pursuit mostly without attribution. — “Teen accused of driving stolen car wrong way”
Whose voice: Prints the boy's own words to the judge, including the risk to himself and to others. One of the three reports does not quote him at all. — “I’m going to kill myself or I’m going to kill someone else”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/naas-road-car-chase-7168923-Sep2026/
T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Boy (16) who drove stolen car wrong way in pursuit tells court ‘I need to improve my life’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report to state the driving as fact, in its headline and first sentence. Further down it calls him 'allegedly the driver'.
A boy (16) drove a stolen car against traffic before going on to the wrong side of the Naas Road for 1.6km after leading gardaí on a pursuit in Dublin. The teenager, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, appeared at Dublin Children’s Court on Monday, charged with motor theft and two counts of dangerous driving in connection with an incident at the weekend. In response to Garda bail objections he pleaded to be released and promised to obey conditions, telling Judge Shalom Binchy: “I need to improve my life. I’m going to kill myself or I’m going to kill someone else.” Unrepresented due
Asserted vs attributed: The opening sentence states as fact that he drove; the charge is not yet tried and he has entered no plea — “A boy (16) drove a stolen car against traffic before going on to the wrong side of the Naas Road for 1.6km”
Asserted vs attributed: Later in the same report the driving is hedged, which contradicts the flat opening — “The teen was allegedly the driver”
Quote selection: Carries the unrepresented minor's statement about killing himself or someone else; one of the three reports leaves it out — “I’m going to kill myself or I’m going to kill someone else.”
Asserted vs attributed: The driving is stated as fact in the report's own voice, before the court appearance is mentioned. — “A boy (16) drove a stolen car against traffic”
Read it at The Irish Times → https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/boy-16-who-drove…
R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of road Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — PUBLIC
Calls the driving an allegation from the first sentence and adds 'the court heard' to the red lights. It leaves out his own words and the garda's 'caught red-handed'.
Boy accused of driving stolen car on wrong side of Naas Road faces three charges Updated / Monday, 21 Sep 2026 17:20 Gardaí said the boy made no reply when charged with the three offences A 16-year-old boy is alleged to have driven a stolen car against traffic before going onto the wrong side of the Naas Road for 1.6km after leading gardaí on a pursuit in Dublin, Dublin Children's Court has heard. The teen, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, appeared before the court this afternoon, charged with motor theft and two counts of dangerous driving in connection with an incident at the
Asserted vs attributed: The opening sentence attributes the driving as an allegation — “A 16-year-old boy is alleged to have driven a stolen car against traffic”
Omission: Leaves out the garda's 'caught red-handed' wording, which the other two reports carry — “according to the garda, was arrested after a short foot pursuit”
Asserted vs attributed: The same opening sentence, framed as an allegation made in court. — “A 16-year-old boy is alleged to have driven a stolen car against traffic”
Asserted vs attributed: Adds 'The court heard' to the account of the red lights. The other two reports state it flat. — “The court heard the vehicle broke two sets of red lights”
Omission: Leaves out the garda's 'caught red-handed', which the other two reports carry. — “according to the garda, was arrested after a short foot pursuit”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0921/1592412-stolen-car-wrong-way-driving/
Checked, didn’t cover
R RNZ
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RNZ 🇳🇿NZ · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Headline against body headline claims a 20-year decline reversed; the first line of the body reports a new low in reading ×1Headline against body headline claims a turnaround; the text carries a record low and puts it on boys ×1 from 2328 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
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The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C CBC News
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CBC News 🇨🇦CA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed the measure is attributed to the three governments; the territory is called occupied in the outlet's own voice ×1Attribution kept in the headline the sourcing travels with the claim into the headline ×1Figure rounded in the headline more than 600 in the headline; the body sources it to a flight-tracking site ×1How the sourcing is hedged the claim is hedged to an unnamed newspaper in both headline and body; the reporting is not held by this report ×1 from 2730 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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BBC News
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BBC News 🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution 'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. ×1How hard the claim is stated Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding ×1How hard the claim is stated The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. ×1Which figure is used States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. ×1 from 473 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Daily Telegraph
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The Daily Telegraph 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times
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The Times 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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