Car Drivers Torture NZ City With Celine Dion Songs.

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Report Overview: The article contains some manipulations such as sensationalism, biased language, and omission of key information. However, it also provides some balanced reporting by including quotes from both the residents and the mayor. Overall, the article is moderately objective.

Sides Objectivity Scores

Residents (60)

Mayor (80)

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Detected Manipulations & Suggested Changes

Sensationalism

The article uses sensational language to describe the situation, such as 'torture' and 'plaguing residents'.

Car drivers armed with a playlist of Celine Dion songs have been plaguing residents of a small New Zealand city for months on end with loud, late-night 'siren battles'.

Use neutral language to describe the situation.

Biased language

The article uses biased language to describe the residents' complaints, such as 'sleepless residents' and 'disgruntled residents'.

The beloved Canadian singer's melodies lose their charm when blared at high volume as late as 2 am, say the sleepless residents of Porirua, north of Wellington and home to 60,000 people. Nearly 300 disgruntled residents have so far signed a petition on the website change.org demanding Porirua City Council put a stop to it.

Use neutral language to describe the residents' complaints.

Omission of key information

The article does not provide information about the motivations or reasons behind the siren battles, and only briefly mentions that they started during the Rugby League World Cup.

Siren battles have erupted in parts of New Zealand for at least seven years. Local media have reported on contestants -- often people with family links to Pacific Island nations -- using large siren-type speakers on cars and even bicycles to drown each other out with their powerful systems.

Provide more context and information about the motivations behind the siren battles.

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