Egypt Shutters Independent News Site Mada Masr, Detains Editor Lina Attalah

What the coverage shows

Both outlets frame the story as a crackdown on Mada Masr and its editor, with Democracy Now! twice foregrounding the court order to shutter the site and detain Lina Attalah. The Independent’s headline is the only one to use the language of conviction and to describe the case as part of a “draconian” press crackdown, while its extract adds only a broad note about Egypt’s record on jailing journalists.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.