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As of July 24, 2026 at 2:09 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Sir Salman Rushdie has testified at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of trying to kill him.
The headline split The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
Match confidence Watch. Only one source has this so far. Optics is waiting for broader pickup before scoring it.
Same-event confidenceDevelopingNot enough sources yet to confirm this is the same specific event.
Framing confidenceHiddenWording-gap score not shown — same-event match is still developing.
Wording differs, but the match is too narrow to read confidently yet.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftNo matching source in this bucket yet.Optics keeps watching for pickup.
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Right / center-rightKnife came 'a millimetre from Salman Rushdie's brain', trial hearsSky News · Center-right · News report
SEE THE HEADLINES
Knife came 'a millimetre from Salman Rushdie's brain', trial hears
Sir Salman Rushdie has testified at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of trying to kill him.
Open sourceDetailsScore hidden · 1 sources · 1 bias buckets
Score hidden until the match is cleanerNeeds review confidence1 sources · 1 bias bucketsEarly pickup · awaiting comparisonFormats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Jul 24, 2:09 AM: Sky News joined the source map.
Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is early pickup · awaiting comparison.