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KING5 (Tegna, Seattle)News report · Sep 2, 8:43 AM
Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
School resuming in the middle of the outbreak has raised concerns about transmission in classrooms.
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Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
The Hindu reaches for "unprecedented" where WUSA9 (Tegna, Washington DC) stays flat.
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As of September 2, 2026 at 8:52 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened A new Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has killed 65 people, with roughly 246 cases reported by health officials.
The headline split The left frames it as "Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedent...". The center frames it as "Congo’s Ebola outbreak kills more than 3,000, government figures show".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 3 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceModerate
69/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftCongo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed
The Hindu · Center-left · News report
CenterCongo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
KING5 (Tegna, Seattle) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightNo matching source in this bucket yet.
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The HinduNews report · Sep 2, 8:52 AM
Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed
unprecedented
Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths as of Sunday (August 16, 2026), as it rages in some of the most challenging...
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The Straits TimesNews report · Sep 2, 8:06 AM
Congo’s Ebola outbreak kills more than 3,000, government figures show
The outbreak became the largest and deadliest in Congo’s history after surpassing the 2018-2020 epidemic.
Details69/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 3 sources
69/99 Wording GapMedium confidence3 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 4 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report
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Sep 2, 8:06 AM: The Straits Times joined the source map.
Sep 2, 8:43 AM: KING5 (Tegna, Seattle) joined the source map.
Sep 2, 8:52 AM: The Hindu joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 69/99 and story health is live match · 4 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.