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Different Spin
Jack Smith testifies at Senate hearing
While one outlet reports neutrally, others frame Jack Smith's testimony around his response to attacks, the certainty of Trump's guilt, or the GOP's reaction.
5 Left0 Center4 Right
Same story. Different framing.Left and right outlets are covering the same event. Optics is still watching for center pickup.
DIFFERENT SPIN
HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT
Left-leaningJack Smith cracks down as MAGA senator attacks wife: 'Not going to speak about my family'Raw StoryMixed
cracks downattacks wife
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Right-leaningFormer Special Counsel Jack Smith Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Epoch TimesMixed
As of September 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedJack Smith testifies at Senate hearing.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Jack Smith cracks down as MAGA senator attacks wife: 'Not going to speak about my family'". The right frames it as "Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee".
Match confidenceMedium confidence. 9 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
9 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceStrong
85/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftJack Smith testifies at Senate hearing
NBC News · Center-left · News report
CenterNo matching source in this bucket yet.
Optics keeps watching for pickup.
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