COMPARE OUTLETS
How did each side word the same story?
Pick two outlets. Optics shows every live story where both of them covered the same event, side by side, so you can see how each outlet framed it differently. Updated every 5 minutes from 600+ feeds.
Today's busiest pairs
Outlets that happened to cover the same events today. The cross-spectrum pairs (Left × Right) sit at the top.
Daily Express vs The Mirror UK2 live comparisons · cross-spectrum100 Percent Fed Up vs CBS News - US1 live comparison · cross-spectrumColorado Springs Gazette vs CBS News - US1 live comparison · cross-spectrumDaily Mail UK vs Guardian Australia1 live comparison · cross-spectrumFox News Politics vs The Independent1 live comparison · cross-spectrumABC News vs Sky News World1 live comparison · cross-spectrumABC News vs Daily Mail UK1 live comparison · cross-spectrumABC News vs Las Vegas Review-Journal1 live comparison · cross-spectrumNBC News - Politics vs Washington Examiner - News1 live comparison · cross-spectrumThe Jerusalem Post vs Middle East Eye1 live comparison · cross-spectrumThe Sydney Morning Herald vs The Age (Australia)11 live comparisonsWashington's Top News (WTOP) vs WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami)4 live comparisonsThe Independent vs WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami)4 live comparisonsWashington's Top News (WTOP) vs The Independent3 live comparisonsWashington's Top News (WTOP) vs Philadelphia Inquirer3 live comparisonsAl Jazeera English vs Globe and Mail2 live comparisonsBloomberg vs France 242 live comparisonsThe Independent vs The Seattle Times2 live comparisons
Watching for live activity
These curated matchups are not currently producing a live cluster. Optics monitors them every 5 minutes — the moment both outlets cover the same event, the comparison appears here.
CNN vs Fox NewsWatching — no live match yetThe New York Times vs Wall Street JournalWatching — no live match yetNPR vs Daily WireWatching — no live match yetReuters vs BreitbartWatching — no live match yetBBC News vs The GuardianWatching — no live match yetMSNBC vs Fox NewsWatching — no live match yetThe Washington Post vs The New York PostWatching — no live match yetAssociated Press vs NewsmaxWatching — no live match yetThe Atlantic vs National ReviewWatching — no live match yetPolitico vs The FederalistWatching — no live match yetThe Intercept vs BreitbartWatching — no live match yetThe Daily Beast vs The Washington TimesWatching — no live match yet
What you can search
Any two outlets from our source registry can be compared. Paste the slug into the URL:https://www.optics.news/compare/cnn-vs-fox-news