CenterHigh
BBC NewsNews report · Jul 27, 9:57 PM
Reform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over guillotine T-shirt post
The post included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name "Nigel" alongside an image of a guillotine.
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4 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 13m ago
Different Spin
Reform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over guillotine T-shirt post
The Guardian - Politics and Daily Mail describe the same event in different terms.
2 Left1 Center1 Right
DIFFERENT SPIN
HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT
Left-leaningPolice make inquiries after Farage reports Polanski post for ‘inciting murder’
The Guardian - PoliticsMixed
Right-leaningCenter-rightReform reports Zack Polanski to the police for sharing photo of T-shirt about Nigel Farage's execution
Daily MailMixed
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BBC NewsHighReform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over guillotine T-shirt post
As of July 27, 2026 at 9:57 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened The post included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name "Nigel" alongside an image of a guillotine.
The headline split The left frames it as "Police make inquiries after Farage reports Polanski post for ‘inciting murder’". The right frames it as "Reform reports Zack Polanski to the police for sharing photo of T-shirt about Nigel Farag...".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 4 sources across 3 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
4 sources across 3 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceStrong
81/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftPolice make inquiries after Farage reports Polanski post for ‘inciting murder’
The Guardian - Politics · Left · News report
CenterReform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over guillotine T-shirt post
BBC News · Center · News report
Right / center-rightReform reports Zack Polanski to the police for sharing photo of T-shirt about Nigel Farage's execution
Daily Mail · Center-right · News report
SEE THE HEADLINES
Open source
LeftMixed
The Guardian - PoliticsNews report · Jul 27, 9:01 PM
Police make inquiries after Farage reports Polanski post for ‘inciting murder’
Green party leader shared picture of man wearing T-shirt with words ‘we’re only making plans for Nigel’ alongside a guillotine Police are “conducting inquiries” into an image shared by Gree...
Center-leftMostly Factual
The IndependentNews report · Jul 27, 8:26 PM
Police ‘conducting inquiries’ into image after Reform report Zack Polanski
Green Party leader says he ‘condemns’ message on t-shirt shared by him over social media
Center-rightMixed
Daily MailNews report · Jul 27, 8:07 PM
Reform reports Zack Polanski to the police for sharing photo of T-shirt about Nigel Farage's execution
Nigel Farage has called for Zack Polanski to be arrested after he shared a picture of a man wearing a T-shirt depicting a guillotine with the slogan: 'We're only making plans for Nigel.'
Details81/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 4 sources
81/99 Wording GapMedium confidence4 sources · 3 bias bucketsLive match · 4 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Jul 27, 8:07 PM: Daily Mail joined the source map.
Jul 27, 8:26 PM: The Independent joined the source map.
Jul 27, 9:01 PM: The Guardian - Politics joined the source map.
Jul 27, 9:57 PM: BBC News joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 81/99 and story health is live match · 4 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format.