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NOPD searches for missing 13-year-old girl

Headlines cover distinct missing person cases with varying ages, locations, and outcomes, from bodies found to searches halted.

3 Left1 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-leftBody found in water in search for missing 18-year-oldWales OnlineMostly Factual
Body foundmissing18-year-old
Right-leaningBody pulled from water in search for missing teen who vanished 10 days ago sparking urgent seaside searchThe Sun UKLow
Body pulledmissing teenvanished
Center baseline · WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans)HighNOPD searches for missing 13-year-old girl

As of September 27, 2026 at 9:20 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Police are asking for help finding 13-year-old Mila Brooklyn Smith, who was last seen around 11 p.m. Saturday on Canal Street.
The headline split The left frames it as "Body found in water in search for missing 18-year-old". The right frames it as "Body pulled from water in search for missing teen who vanished 10 days ago sparking urgen...".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 5 sources across 3 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium

5 sources across 3 bias buckets agree on the event.

Framing confidenceStrong

99/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftBody found in water in search for missing 18-year-old

Wales Online · Center-left · News report

CenterNOPD searches for missing 13-year-old girl

WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) · Center · News report

Right / center-rightBody pulled from water in search for missing teen who vanished 10 days ago sparking urgent seaside search

The Sun UK · Right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

Center-leftMostly Factual
Wales OnlineNews report · Sep 27, 7:12 PM

Body found in water in search for missing 18-year-old

Body foundmissing18-year-old

George had been missing for more than a week

Open source
RightLow
The Sun UKNews report · Sep 27, 9:20 PM

Body pulled from water in search for missing teen who vanished 10 days ago sparking urgent seaside search

Body pulledmissing teenvanishedurgent seaside search

A BODY has been found in the agonising search for an 18-year-old who vanished in a seaside town ten days ago. George, from Portishead in Somerset, was last seen in the coastal town at aroun...

Open source
Center-leftMixed
The Mirror UKNews report · Sep 27, 8:31 PM

Body found in search for missing 18-year-old who vanished 10 days ago

body foundmissing18-year-old10 days ago

Avon and Somerset Police today said a body had been recovered in Wales on Sunday morning with items of clothing matching those of an 18-year-old who went missing on September 17 in north So...

Open source
Center-leftMostly Factual
Stuff (New Zealand)News report · Sep 27, 7:04 PM

Weather halts search for missing Queenstown woman

Weather haltssearchmissingQueenstown woman

Search volunteers have spent hundreds of hours combing rugged country near Queenstown for missing woman Erika Rodrigues Coelho, 47, who disappeared over a week ago.

Open source
CenterHigh
WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans)News report · Sep 27, 6:22 PM

NOPD searches for missing 13-year-old girl

Police are asking for help finding 13-year-old Mila Brooklyn Smith, who was last seen around 11 p.m. Saturday on Canal Street.

Open source
Details99/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 5 sources
99/99 Wording GapMedium confidence5 sources · 3 bias bucketsLive match · 5 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 27, 6:22 PM: WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) joined the source map.

Sep 27, 7:04 PM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

Sep 27, 7:12 PM: Wales Online joined the source map.

Sep 27, 8:31 PM: The Mirror UK joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 99/99 and story health is live match · 5 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format.