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Three teenagers die after car enters River Wear

The Independent reaches for "plunges" where The Belfast Telegraph stays flat.

3 Left2 Center0 Right
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As of September 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened The bodies of two teenage boys and a teenage girl have been recovered from the water, police say.
The headline split The left frames it as "River Wear - latest: Three teens dead after car plunges into water in Sunderland". The center frames it as "Teenager arrested after three youngsters killed when car entered the River Wear".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 5 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium

5 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.

Framing confidenceModerate

51/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftRiver Wear - latest: Three teens dead after car plunges into water in Sunderland

The Mirror UK · Center-left · News report

CenterThree teenagers die after car enters River Wear

BBC News · Center · News report

Right / center-rightNo matching source in this bucket yet.

Optics keeps watching for pickup.

SEE THE HEADLINES

CenterHigh
BBC NewsNews report · Sep 29, 8:01 PM

Three teenagers die after car enters River Wear

The bodies of two teenage boys and a teenage girl have been recovered from the water, police say.

Open source
Center-leftMixed
The Mirror UKNews report · Sep 29, 7:34 PM

River Wear - latest: Three teens dead after car plunges into water in Sunderland

Three teenagers have tragically died after a car entered the water in the River Wear in Sunderland - a boy who survived has been arrested

Open source
Center-leftMostly Factual
The IndependentNews report · Sep 29, 7:17 PM

Three teenagers dead and boy, 17, arrested after car plunges into River Wear

plunges

A 17-year-old boy managed to reach safety and has now been arrested in connection with the incident

Open source
Center-leftMostly Factual
Wales OnlineNews report · Sep 29, 7:03 PM

Two teenage boys and teenage girl die after car enters river

Police have issued the tragic update

Open source
Details51/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 5 sources
51/99 Wording GapMedium confidence5 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 5 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 29, 6:38 PM: The Belfast Telegraph joined the source map.

Sep 29, 7:03 PM: Wales Online joined the source map.

Sep 29, 7:17 PM: The Independent joined the source map.

Sep 29, 7:34 PM: The Mirror UK joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 51/99 and story health is live match · 5 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.