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ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 2 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Aug 25, 1:16 AM

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NC State honors astronaut Christina Koch with campus homecoming, rename building

NC Newsline and WXII12 (Hearst, Greensboro) describe the same event in different terms.

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This is a stored Optics snapshot.It preserves the source map and wording analysis from 8/25/2026, 1:16:23 AM.

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What happenedChristina Koch is back at NC State University. The university surprised her by naming a campus building after her.
What changedThe left frames it as "NC State offers an out of-this-world homecoming for astronaut alum Christina Koch". The center frames it as "Packed NC State crowd greets astronaut alumna Christina Koch".
ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.
Archive healthLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

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56WORDING GAP

3 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Still Watching. The left frames it as "NC State offers an out of-this-world homecoming for astronaut alum Christina Koch". The center frames it as "Packed NC State crowd greets astronaut alumna Christina Koch".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Aug 24, 9:57 PM: WXII12 (Hearst, Greensboro) joined the source map.

Aug 24, 10:00 PM: KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles joined the source map.

Aug 25, 12:20 AM: NC Newsline joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 56/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center ·News report

NC State honors astronaut Christina Koch with campus homecoming, rename building

Christina Koch is back at NC State University. The university surprised her by naming a campus building after her.

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Center-left ·News report

NC State offers an out of-this-world homecoming for astronaut alum Christina Koch

It has been four-and-a-half months since the Artemis II splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, but the enthusiasm and pride for what the four-member crew accomplished has not dimin...

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Center ·News report

Packed NC State crowd greets astronaut alumna Christina Koch

Students lined up hours early to hear Christina Koch, whose career includes the longest recorded spaceflight by a woman and the first all-female spacewalk.

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