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Knife came 'a millimetre from my brain': Salman Rushdie testifies at attacker's terrorism trial
Sir Salman Rushdie has testified at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of trying to kill him.
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Same story. Mostly aligned wording.Outlets across the spectrum framed this event in roughly the same way today.
MOSTLY SAME
As of July 24, 2026 at 2:38 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedSir Salman Rushdie has testified at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of trying to kill him.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Salman Rushdie testifies at knife attacker's US trial on terrorism charges". The right frames it as "Knife came 'a millimetre from my brain': Salman Rushdie testifies at attacker's terrorism...".
Match confidenceMedium confidence. 3 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceMild
40/99 — small wording differences, not a major framing split.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftSalman Rushdie testifies at knife attacker's US trial on terrorism charges
Le Monde English · Center-left · News report
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Right / center-rightKnife came 'a millimetre from my brain': Salman Rushdie testifies at attacker's terrorism trial
Salman Rushdie testifies at knife attacker's US trial on terrorism charges
charges
Hadi Matar, a 28-year-old Lebanese-American, is alleged to have been motivated by a fatwa that Ayatollah Khomeini issued in 1989 following Rushdie's depiction of a fictionalized Prophet Muh...
