10 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 36m ago
Mostly Same
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott convicted of sexually abusing 2 small children
Irish Times reaches for "champion"; GB News for "champion".
3 Left5 Center2 Right
Same story. Mostly aligned wording.Outlets across the spectrum framed this event in roughly the same way today.
MOSTLY SAME
As of August 24, 2026 at 4:16 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedLONDON (AP) — Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott was convicted Monday of sexually abusing two primary school children in….
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott found guilty of sexually abusing children". The right frames it as "Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott found guilty of child abuse".
Match confidenceHigh confidence. 10 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh
10 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
Framing confidenceMild
49/99 — small wording differences, not a major framing split.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftFormer world snooker champion Graeme Dott found guilty of sexually abusing children
Irish Times · Center-left · News report
CenterFormer world snooker champion Graeme Dott convicted of sexually abusing 2 small children
Washington's Top News (WTOP) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightEx-world snooker champion Graeme Dott is found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-aged children
Ex-world snooker champion Graeme Dott is found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-aged children
The 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy, both of primary school age, to 'lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour' by touching and kissing them inappropriately.
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott found guilty of child abuse
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Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of child sexual abuse following a five-day trial. The 49-year-old was convicted of two charges of lewd and libidinous behavio...
