5 sources checked · 2 source groups included · 2h ago
Different Spin
UK Green Party leader says he won’t apologise to Nigel Farage over guillotine image
The Sun UK reaches for "refuses", "blasts" where Pink News stays flat.
4 Left0 Center1 Right
Same story. Different framing.Left and right outlets are covering the same event. Optics is still watching for center pickup.
DIFFERENT SPIN
HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT
Left-leaningZack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing guillotine imageThe Guardian UKMixed
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Right-leaningPolanski repeatedly refuses to apologise over sick guillotine post – as Farage blasts ‘he must face consequences’The Sun UKLow
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As of July 29, 2026 at 10:41 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedThe image featured a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase ‘we’re only making plans for Nigel’.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing guillotine image". The right frames it as "Polanski repeatedly refuses to apologise over sick guillotine post – as Farage blasts ‘he...".
Match confidenceMedium 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 confidenceStrong
93/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftZack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing guillotine image
The Guardian UK · Left · News report
CenterNo matching source in this bucket yet.
Optics keeps watching for pickup.
Right / center-rightPolanski repeatedly refuses to apologise over sick guillotine post – as Farage blasts ‘he must face consequences’
Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing guillotine image
Green party leader says post was ‘inadvertent mistake’ after Reform UK accuses him of ‘inciting murder’ The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” by s...
Polanski repeatedly refuses to apologise over sick guillotine post – as Farage blasts ‘he must face consequences’
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ZACK Polanski has repeatedly refused to apologise to Nigel Farage after he reposted an image of an activist wearing a T-shirt calling for the Reform chief's decapitation. Mr Farage has now...
