VADER scores for ABC vs benchmarks on puberty blockers/Cass (seed=42). Matches Tables 1-5.

VADER sentiment analysis corpus (n=522 articles, 2020-2026) examining ABC News Australia positivity bias in LGBTQ+ youth coverage vs benchmarks (Sky News, News Corp, Nine, AAP).Key Stats:ABC (n=60): mean compound VADER +0.172 (puberty blockers +0.22)Benchmarks (n=462): -0.210Welch t-test: t=9.87, pColumns: Title, Date, Source, Topic, URL, VADER_Compound, VADER_Pos, VADER_Neu, VADER_Neg.Reproducible: Python NLTK VADER (seed=42). Used in Staddon (2026) 'ABC Positivity Bias: VADER Analysis'. Raw articles/texts from Factiva/Google News.Topics: puberty blockers, Cass Review, detransition, kindergarten Pride flags.