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Scarborough and Poland girls, Lewiston boys win in soccer

Star Ledger and Deseret News describe the same event in different terms.

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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-leftPemberton girls soccer holds on for win over Doane AcademyStar LedgerMostly Factual
Right-leaningCenter-rightHigh school girls soccer: Brighton, Olympus set up all-Region 6 championship with 5A semifinal winsDeseret NewsMostly Factual
Center baseline · WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME)HighScarborough and Poland girls, Lewiston boys win in soccer

As of October 21, 2026 at 2:54 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Scarborough and Poland girls, Lewiston boys win in soccer.
The headline split The left frames it as "Pemberton girls soccer holds on for win over Doane Academy". The right frames it as "High school girls soccer: Brighton, Olympus set up all-Region 6 championship with 5A semi...".
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

77/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftPemberton girls soccer holds on for win over Doane Academy

Star Ledger · Center-left · News report

CenterScarborough and Poland girls, Lewiston boys win in soccer

WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) · Center · News report

Right / center-rightHigh school girls soccer: Brighton, Olympus set up all-Region 6 championship with 5A semifinal wins

Deseret News · Center-right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

CenterHigh
WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME)News report · Oct 21, 2:25 AM

Scarborough and Poland girls, Lewiston boys win in soccer

Scarborough and Poland girls, Lewiston boys win in soccer

Open source
Center-leftMostly Factual
Star LedgerNews report · Oct 21, 2:54 AM

Pemberton girls soccer holds on for win over Doane Academy

Pemberton girls soccer holds on for win over Doane Academy

Open source
Center-rightMostly Factual
Deseret NewsNews report · Oct 21, 2:06 AM

High school girls soccer: Brighton, Olympus set up all-Region 6 championship with 5A semifinal wins

Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s 5A girls soccer semifinals held at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, with No. 4 seed Brighton and No. 3 Olympus prevailing to advance to Friday’s final at 4 p.m. B...

Open source
CenterHigh
Portland Press HeraldNews report · Oct 21, 12:07 AM

Scarborough boys soccer downs Portland in regular-season finale

The Red Storm earn their 6th straight win, overcoming an early deficit to beat the Bulldogs.

Open source
Details77/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 4 sources
77/99 Wording GapMedium confidence4 sources · 3 bias bucketsLive match · 4 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Oct 21, 12:07 AM: Portland Press Herald joined the source map.

Oct 21, 2:06 AM: Deseret News joined the source map.

Oct 21, 2:25 AM: WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) joined the source map.

Oct 21, 2:54 AM: Star Ledger joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 77/99 and story health is live match · 4 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format.