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ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 0 CENTER · 1 RIGHT · Aug 7, 12:56 AM

Different Spin

Salmonella outbreak expands to 27 states

One headline broadly reports the salmonella outbreak's expansion, while the other specifically links it to jalapenos from a Mexican farm.

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This is a stored Optics snapshot.It preserves the source map and wording analysis from 8/7/2026, 12:56:40 AM.

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What happenedSalmonella outbreak expands to 27 states.
What changedThe left frames it as "Salmonella outbreak expands to 27 states". The right frames it as "Jalapenos linked to a U.S. salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican farm and a distri...".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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85WORDING GAP

2 sources · 2 bias buckets · Low confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Salmonella outbreak expands to 27 states". The right frames it as "Jalapenos linked to a U.S. salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican farm and a distri...".

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Aug 6, 10:36 PM: The Washington Times joined the source map.

Aug 6, 11:31 PM: NBC News - US News joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 85/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center-left ·News report

Salmonella outbreak expands to 27 states

expands

The FDA says they’ve now found the source of that jalapeño pepper recall linked to Chipotle. It does not appear the peppers in question went to grocery stores, but they did go to wholesaler...

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Center-right ·News report

Jalapenos linked to a U.S. salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican farm and a distributor

Jalapenos linkedMexican farmdistributor

Jalapeno peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say.

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