8 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"; Daily Mail for "champion".
3 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 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 "Ex-world snooker champion Graeme Dott is found guilty of sexually abusing two primary sch...".
Match confidenceHigh confidence. 8 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh
8 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
Framing confidenceMild
43/99 — 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
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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.
