5 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 56m ago
Different Spin
Wife of jailed ex-leader of Northern Ireland’s largest pro-UK party put on sex offenders register
The Independent and The Sun describe the same event in different terms.
1 Left1 Center3 Right
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-leftEleanor Donaldson placed on sex offenders’ register after disgraced husband jailedThe IndependentMostly Factual
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Right-leaningEx-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife Eleanor placed on sex offenders register after aiding & abetting husbandThe SunMixed
Center baseline · Washington's Top News (WTOP)Mostly FactualWife of jailed ex-leader of Northern Ireland’s largest pro-UK party put on sex offenders register
As of November 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedWife of jailed ex-leader of Northern Ireland’s largest pro-UK party put on sex offenders register.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Eleanor Donaldson placed on sex offenders’ register after disgraced husband jailed". The right frames it as "Ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife Eleanor placed on sex offenders register after aid...".
Match confidenceMedium confidence. 5 sources across 3 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
5 sources across 3 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceModerate
57/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftEleanor Donaldson placed on sex offenders’ register after disgraced husband jailed
The Independent · Center-left · News report
CenterWife of jailed ex-leader of Northern Ireland’s largest pro-UK party put on sex offenders register
Washington's Top News (WTOP) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightJeffrey Donaldson's wife Eleanor placed on sex offenders' register after his rape conviction
Wife of jailed ex-leader of Northern Ireland’s largest pro-UK party put on sex offenders register
LONDON (AP) — The wife of Jeffrey Donaldson — the former leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party who last month was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the rape and sex abuse of...
Disgraced politician Jeffrey Donaldson's wife placed on sex offenders' register for 'aiding and abetting' paedophile husband
Eleanor Donaldson, wife of Jeffrey Donaldson, the disgraced former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), has been placed on the sex offenders' register.
Ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife Eleanor placed on sex offenders register after aiding & abetting husband
THE wife of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been placed on the sex offenders list for five years. Eleanor Donaldson, 60, was also given a three-year supervision and treatment order...
