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Black voters view Scott Colom's historic US Senate win through lens of Mississippi's racial legacy
WMUR Hearst WLKY32 (Louisville) reaches for "historic" where CBS News stays flat.
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As of November 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedScott Colom's election win in Mississippi means he will be the first Black man to represent the Deep South state in the U.S. Senate in nearly 150 years.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Jasmine Crockett on Scott Colom's Senate win: "Mississippi has been overlooked"". The center frames it as "Black voters view Scott Colom's historic US Senate win through lens of Mississippi's raci...".
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftJasmine Crockett on Scott Colom's Senate win: "Mississippi has been overlooked"
CBS News · Center-left · News report
CenterBlack voters view Scott Colom's historic US Senate win through lens of Mississippi's racial legacy
KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) · Center · News report
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Black voters view Scott Colom's historic US Senate win through lens of Mississippi's racial legacy
Scott Colom's election win in Mississippi means he will be the first Black man to represent the Deep South state in the U.S. Senate in nearly 150 years.
