Center-rightHigh
Sky NewsNews report · Jul 24, 12:46 PM
Four men in their 20s die in early-morning collision after car hits lamppost
Four men have been killed in an early-morning collision after their car hit a lamppost.
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7 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 2h ago
Different Spin
Four men dead after car crashes into lamp-post
Four men have been killed in an early-morning collision after their car hit a lamppost.
2 Left1 Center4 Right
DIFFERENT SPIN
HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT
Left-leaningCenter-leftFour men in their 20s killed as car hits lamppost in Merseyside
The IndependentMostly Factual
hitsmerseyside
Right-leaningFour men in their 20s killed in 2am car crash after smashing into lamppost - with fifth passenger rushed to hospital and 11 roads forced to shut in huge emerge...
Daily Mail UKMixed
Center baseline · 
BBC NewsHighFour men dead after car crashes into lamp-post
As of July 24, 2026 at 2:35 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened The car left the road and crashed on Liverpool Road in Huyton just before 02:00 BST.
The headline split The left frames it as "Four men in their 20s killed as car hits lamppost in Merseyside". The right frames it as "Four men in their 20s killed in 2am car crash after smashing into lamppost - with fifth p...".
Match confidence High confidence. 7 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh
7 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
Framing confidenceModerate
69/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftFour men in their 20s killed as car hits lamppost in Merseyside
The Independent · Center-left · News report
CenterFour men dead after car crashes into lamp-post
BBC News · Center · News report
Right / center-rightFour men in their 20s die in early-morning collision after car hits lamppost
Sky News · Center-right · News report
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CenterHigh
BBC NewsNews report · Jul 24, 2:35 PM
Four men dead after car crashes into lamp-post
The car left the road and crashed on Liverpool Road in Huyton just before 02:00 BST.
RightMixed
Daily Mail UKNews report · Jul 24, 2:16 PM
Four men in their 20s killed in 2am car crash after smashing into lamppost - with fifth passenger rushed to hospital and 11 roads forced to shut in huge emergency response
The tragic incident happened at just before 2am when the black Seat Cupra came off the road and collided with a lamppost in the Huyton area of Merseyside.
Center-leftMostly Factual
The IndependentNews report · Jul 24, 1:45 PM
Four men in their 20s killed as car hits lamppost in Merseyside
hitsmerseyside
A fifth man, who was a passenger inside the car, has been taken to hospital in a stable condition
Center-leftMostly Factual
Wales OnlineNews report · Jul 24, 1:15 PM
Four men in their 20s killed as car hits lamppost in early hours of the morning
Specialist police officers are now investigating the cause of the crash
RightMixed
GB NewsNews report · Jul 24, 1:00 PM
Four dead after car crashes into lamppost in tragic accident
Four men in their 20s have died after a car crashed into a lamppost in Merseyside. Two 23-year-old men, a man aged 24 and a man aged 26 died in the crash in Huyton in the early hours of Fri...
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RightMixed
The SunNews report · Jul 24, 12:42 PM
Four men in their 20s killed and fifth seriously injured after car ‘leaves road & crashes into lamppost’ in early hours
fifthseriouslyinjuredafterleaves
FOUR men have been killed in a horror crash - with a fifth rushed to hospital. A black Seat Cupra came off the road after colliding with a lamppost in Huyton, Merseyside, in the early hours...
Details69/99 Wording Gap · High confidence · 7 sources
69/99 Wording GapHigh confidence7 sources · 3 bias bucketsStable · 7 sources · all three buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Jul 24, 12:42 PM: The Sun joined the source map.
Jul 24, 12:46 PM: Sky News joined the source map.
Jul 24, 1:00 PM: GB News joined the source map.
Jul 24, 1:15 PM: Wales Online joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 69/99 and story health is stable · 7 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.