24 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 1h ago
Different Spin
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
ABC News - US and New York Post describe the same event in different terms.
7 Left16 Center1 Right
Same story. Different framing.Left, center, and right outlets are covering the same event. Here’s how each side worded it.
DIFFERENT SPIN
HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT
Left-leaningCenter-leftMoscow mayor calls deadly restaurant explosion a "terrorist act"CBS NewsHigh
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Right-leaningCenter-rightHomemade bomb carried by woman kills 3, injures 21 near Moscow restaurant, authorities sayNew York PostMixed
Center baseline · WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)HighMoscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
As of August 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedRussian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Moscow mayor calls deadly restaurant explosion a "terrorist act"". The right frames it as "Homemade bomb carried by woman kills 3, injures 21 near Moscow restaurant, authorities say".
Match confidenceHigh confidence. 24 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh
24 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
Framing confidenceModerate
73/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftMoscow mayor calls deadly restaurant explosion a "terrorist act"
CBS News · Center-left · News report
CenterMoscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightHomemade bomb carried by woman kills 3, injures 21 near Moscow restaurant, authorities say
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls a deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday a bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital the day before a “brutal terrorist act,” but did not say who was responsible.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
A blast near the centre of Moscow has killed at least three people and injured 21 others. It happened at around 8pm local time, when a homemade explosive device detonated as a woman tried t...
Homemade bomb carried by woman kills 3, injures 21 near Moscow restaurant, authorities say
A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an upscale restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, the authorities said.
Bomb Kills Three, Injures 21 at Restaurant on Moscow’s Kudrinskaya Square
Three people were killed and 21 injured after a bomb was detonated in an upscale restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday night, according to Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
Explosion in Moscow restaurant killed three and injured 21
Explosion of 'homemade explosive' at Moscow restaurant killed three and injured 21 on Saturday evening. Russia's national anti-terrorism committee says it's a bombing.
