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Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying at least 240 people after it loses contact

Arab News and New York Post describe the same event in different terms.

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As of September 13, 2026 at 4:52 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying at least 240 people after it loses contact.
The headline split The center frames it as "Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying at least 240 people after it loses...". The right frames it as "Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying more than 240 people after it lose...".
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CenterSearch underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying at least 240 people after it loses contact

Arab News · Center · News report

Right / center-rightSearch underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying more than 240 people after it loses contact

New York Post · Center-right · News report

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New York PostNews report · Sep 13, 4:52 AM

Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying more than 240 people after it loses contact

The ship had departed from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city in East Java province, en route to Banjarmasin.

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Arab NewsNews report · Sep 13, 3:21 AM

Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying at least 240 people after it loses contact

Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation Sunday after a passenger ship carrying at least 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on...

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Details24/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
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Sep 13, 3:21 AM: Arab News joined the source map.

Sep 13, 4:52 AM: New York Post joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 24/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.