9 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 53m ago
Mostly Same
Dott sentenced to seven years in jail for abuse
Most headlines highlight Dott's "ex-snooker champion" status and "child sex abuse," while one simply states "Dott sentenced to seven years for abuse."
4 Left4 Center1 Right
Same story. Mostly aligned wording.Outlets across the spectrum framed this event in roughly the same way today.
MOSTLY SAME
As of September 29, 2026 at 10:46 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedFormer world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-age children.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sexual abuse". The right frames it as "Ex-snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sex abuse".
Match confidenceHigh confidence. 9 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh
9 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
Framing confidenceModerate
75/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftEx-snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse
The Herald (Scotland) · Center-left · News report
CenterDott sentenced to seven years in jail for abuse
RTE News (Ireland) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightEx-snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sex abuse
Ex-snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse
Ex-snooker championjailedchild sex abuse
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-age children.
Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sexual abuse
Former snooker world championjailedchild sexual abuse
Dott, 49, receives seven-year sentence after abusing a boy and a girl in what judge says was ‘gross violation of trust’ The former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for sev...
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-age children.
Graeme Dott sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing children
Graeme Dott was sentenced in Edinburgh on Tuesday (Picture: REUTERS) Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty last month of sexually abusing two primary school a...
Ex-snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed after abusing primary school age children
Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott, 49, subjected two primary school age children to horrific abuse in the Glasgow area - he has now been jailed
