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As of September 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Nigeria says two nationals have been killed in South Africa as tensions run high over anti-immigrant protests there.
The headline split The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
Match confidence Developing. Only 2 sources are matched, and the source map is still narrow. Useful to watch, not enough to draw conclusions yet.
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-leftNigeria says 2 of its nationals killed in South Africa as anti-migrant tensions flareThe Seattle Times · Center-left · News report
CenterNo matching source in this bucket yet.Optics keeps watching for pickup.
Right / center-rightNo matching source in this bucket yet.Optics keeps watching for pickup.
SEE THE HEADLINES
Nigeria says 2 of its nationals killed in South Africa as anti-migrant tensions flare
Nigeria says two nationals have been killed in South Africa as tensions run high over anti-immigrant protests there.
Center-leftMostly FactualNigeria says 2 of its nationals killed in South Africa as anti-migrant tensions flare
Nigeria says two nationals have been killed in South Africa as tensions run high over anti-immigrant protests there
DetailsScore hidden · 2 sources · 1 bias buckets
Score hidden until the match is cleanerLow confidence2 sources · 1 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 1 bucketFormats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Sep 12, 10:37 AM: The Independent joined the source map.
Sep 12, 10:38 AM: The Seattle Times joined the source map.
Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 2 sources · 1 bucket.
