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12 injured during shooting near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee

ABC News and OAN describe the same event in different terms.

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Same story. Different framing. Left, center, and right outlets are covering the same event. Here’s how each side worded it.

DIFFERENT SPIN

HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT

Left-leaningCenter-left12 injured, including 6 children, in shooting near Florida university, police sayABC NewsHigh
Right-leaningFla.: Shooting near FAMU stadium leaves 12 injured, including 6 childrenOANLow
Center baseline · Straight Arrow NewsHigh12 injured during shooting near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee

As of October 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened No arrests have been made in connection to the shooting, which happened after a homecoming football game Saturday night.
The headline split The left frames it as "12 injured, including 6 children, in shooting near Florida university, police say". The right frames it as "Fla.: Shooting near FAMU stadium leaves 12 injured, including 6 children".
Match confidence High confidence. 10 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh

10 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.

Framing confidenceModerate

66/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-left12 injured, including 6 children, in shooting near Florida university, police say

ABC News · Center-left · News report

Center12 injured during shooting near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee

Straight Arrow News · Center · News report

Right / center-rightFla.: Shooting near FAMU stadium leaves 12 injured, including 6 children

OAN · Right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

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Straight Arrow NewsNews report · Oct 25, 7:54 PM

12 injured during shooting near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee

No arrests have been made in connection to the shooting, which happened after a homecoming football game Saturday night.

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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)News report · Oct 25, 9:27 PM

Florida man who swallowed nearly $1M in stolen jewelry found guilty of robbery

The man was found guilty of stealing nearly $1 million in Tiffany jewelry from the mall and later swallowing it.

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ABC NewsNews report · Oct 25, 9:19 PM

12 injured, including 6 children, in shooting near Florida university, police say

At least 11 of those injured had gunshot wounds, police said.

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WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Oct 25, 8:51 PM

At least 12 people injured in shooting near a football stadium in Florida

At least 12 people, including six children, were injured in a shooting near Florida A&M University during homecoming weekend in Tallahassee.

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CBS NewsNews report · Oct 25, 8:47 PM

At least 12 injured, including 6 children, in shooting near Florida A&M

The shooting happened hours after Florida A&M University's homecoming game in Tallahassee.

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OANNews report · Oct 25, 8:17 PM

Fla.: Shooting near FAMU stadium leaves 12 injured, including 6 children

A shooting near a Tallahassee football stadium left at least 12 people injured — including six children — during Florida A&M University's homecoming weekend, authorities said.

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WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland)News report · Oct 25, 7:07 PM

Shooting injures 12 at Florida football game, police seeking information and videos

Twelve people, including six minors, were injured in a shooting outside a college football celebration.

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Chicago Sun-TimesNews report · Oct 25, 6:10 PM

1 killed, 2 injured in shooting at West Garfield Park gas station

Three men were shot, one fatally, at a West Garfield Park gas station late Saturday night, Chicago police said. The men were at the gas station in the 400 block of South Kostner Avenue arou...

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Chicago Sun-TimesNews report · Oct 25, 6:00 PM

1 killed, 2 injured in shooting at West Garfield Park gas station

Three men were shot, one fatally, at a West Garfield Park gas station late Saturday night, Chicago police said. The men were at the gas station in the 400 block of South Kostner Avenue arou...

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Tampa Bay TimesNews report · Oct 25, 5:53 PM

At least 12 injured in shooting near football stadium at Florida A&M

TALLAHASSEE — Florida police are asking people to submit tips, photos and video, as they investigate a weekend shooting that injured 12 people, including six minors, outside a college footb...

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Details66/99 Wording Gap · High confidence · 10 sources
66/99 Wording GapHigh confidence10 sources · 3 bias bucketsStable · 27 sources · all three buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Oct 25, 5:53 PM: Tampa Bay Times joined the source map.

Oct 25, 6:00 PM: Chicago Sun-Times joined the source map.

Oct 25, 6:10 PM: Chicago Sun-Times joined the source map.

Oct 25, 7:07 PM: WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 66/99 and story health is stable · 27 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.