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Different Spin

3 hurt, including police officer, in shooting near Notre Dame Stadium during football game

Fox News emphasizes the 'search' for a 'suspected gunman' and game context, while others focus on the number of injured, including a police officer.

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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-leaningNo match yetStill watching for a left pickup
Right-leaningCenter-rightSearch underway for suspected gunman outside Notre Dame football game vs Michigan StateFox NewsMixed
Search underwaysuspected gunman
Center baseline · WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)High3 hurt, including police officer, in shooting near Notre Dame Stadium during football game

As of September 20, 2026 at 3:52 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Police believe the officer was hit by either shrapnel or a ricochet.
The headline split The center frames it as "3 hurt, including police officer, in shooting near Notre Dame Stadium during football game". The right frames it as "Search underway for suspected gunman outside Notre Dame football game vs Michigan State".
Match confidence High confidence. 4 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceMedium

4 sources across 3 bias buckets agree on the event.

Framing confidenceModerate

70/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftInjured police officer stands for first time after being struck by fleeing car

Stuff (New Zealand) · Center-left · News report

Center3 hurt, including police officer, in shooting near Notre Dame Stadium during football game

WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) · Center · News report

Right / center-rightSearch underway for suspected gunman outside Notre Dame football game vs Michigan State

Fox News · Center-right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

CenterHigh
WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Sep 20, 3:16 AM

3 hurt, including police officer, in shooting near Notre Dame Stadium during football game

hurtpolice officershooting

Police believe the officer was hit by either shrapnel or a ricochet.

Open source
CenterHigh
WLS / ABC7 ChicagoNews report · Sep 20, 3:52 AM

Police officer among 2 people shot near Notre Dame campus, officials say

Two people were hurt in a shooting Saturday near the University of Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana. Police say one of those people was an officer, who was possibly hit by a bullet that r...

Open source
Center-leftMostly Factual
Stuff (New Zealand)News report · Sep 20, 1:49 AM

Injured police officer stands for first time after being struck by fleeing car

A police officer critically injured when he was struck by a fleeing vehicle near Palmerston North has stood with assistance for the first time.

Open source
Center-rightMixed
Fox NewsNews report · Sep 20, 1:12 AM

Search underway for suspected gunman outside Notre Dame football game vs Michigan State

Search underwaysuspected gunman

Police launched a search near Eddy Street Commons for a suspected gunman as Notre Dame's football game against Michigan State was still underway.

Open source
Details70/99 Wording Gap · High confidence · 4 sources
70/99 Wording GapHigh confidence4 sources · 3 bias bucketsStable · 11 sources · all three buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 20, 1:12 AM: Fox News joined the source map.

Sep 20, 1:49 AM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

Sep 20, 3:16 AM: WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) joined the source map.

Sep 20, 3:52 AM: WLS / ABC7 Chicago joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 70/99 and story health is stable · 11 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.