20 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 1h ago
Mediaite reaches for "alleged" where Raw Story stays flat.
DIFFERENT SPIN
HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT
As of July 28, 2026 at 2:04 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
20 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
83/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Talking Points Memo · Center-left · News report
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
Mediaite · Center-right · News report
SEE THE HEADLINES
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
Lawyers for David Hearn, the former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, argued the DOJ's own witness helped their case. The post Trump DOJ’s Own Witness Said Reflecting Poo...
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
Lawyers for former Olympian David Hearn, charged with felony vandalism of Trump’s already falling apart Reflecting Pool refurb, went to...
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
David Hearn’s attorneys requested an order for the government to turn over a complete transcript of all grand jury proceedings
Carlos Osorio / REUTERS President Donald Trump has provided a strange description of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as he continues to defend his failed renovation plan. Trump, 80, gr...
David Hearn pleaded not guilty earlier this month to one felony count of property destruction and has a trial scheduled to start Sept. 28 in D.C. Superior Court.
The Trump administration's prosecution of an Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is already falling apart. According to NBC News, a witness before t...
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Jul 27, 11:22 PM: Raw Story joined the source map.
Jul 27, 11:23 PM: The Seattle Times joined the source map.
Jul 27, 11:41 PM: The Daily Beast joined the source map.
Jul 27, 11:46 PM: Globe and Mail joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 83/99 and story health is stable · 20 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.