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Newport News-built SS United States sunk off the coast of Florida

Euronews reaches for "historic"; New York Post for "historic".

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As of November 12, 2026 at 6:48 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened A historic ocean liner, built in Newport News, will become the world's largest artificial reef off the coast of Florida.
The headline split The center frames it as "Newport News-built SS United States sunk off the coast of Florida". The right frames it as "Historic SS United States sinks after hours-long goodbye off Florida’s coast".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 5 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium

5 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.

Framing confidenceMild

33/99 — small wording differences, not a major framing split.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftNo matching source in this bucket yet.

Optics keeps watching for pickup.

CenterNewport News-built SS United States sunk off the coast of Florida

WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) · Center · News report

Right / center-rightHistoric SS United States sinks after hours-long goodbye off Florida’s coast

New York Post · Center-right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

Center-rightMixed
New York PostNews report · Nov 12, 5:01 AM

Historic SS United States sinks after hours-long goodbye off Florida’s coast

historic
Open source
CenterHigh
WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk)News report · Nov 12, 3:44 AM

Newport News-built SS United States sunk off the coast of Florida

A historic ocean liner, built in Newport News, will become the world's largest artificial reef off the coast of Florida.

Open source
CenterMostly Factual
EuronewsNews report · Nov 12, 6:48 AM

Moment historic SS United States sinks off Florida’s coast

historic

The historic SS United States, once the fastest ship on the seas, made a slow final journey beneath the waters Wednesday.

Open source
CenterHigh
KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst)News report · Nov 12, 4:08 AM

WATCH: Ocean liner SS United States is sunk off Florida's coast after a long goodbye

The SS United States, an ocean liner that once was the fastest on the seas, went to its final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world’s largest artificial reef.

Open source
CenterHigh
KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR)News report · Nov 12, 3:32 AM

The historic SS United States is sunk after a long goodbye off Florida's coast

An ocean liner that once was the fastest on the seas went to its final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world’s largest artificial reef.

Open source
Details33/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 5 sources
33/99 Wording GapMedium confidence5 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 19 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Nov 12, 3:32 AM: KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) joined the source map.

Nov 12, 3:44 AM: WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) joined the source map.

Nov 12, 4:08 AM: KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst) joined the source map.

Nov 12, 5:01 AM: New York Post joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 33/99 and story health is live match · 19 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.