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As of July 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Hundreds of people, and likely more, have fallen ill thanks to a parasite in recent weeks.
The headline split The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
Match confidence Developing. Only 5 sources are matched, and the source map is still narrow. Useful to watch, not enough to draw conclusions yet.
Same-event confidence Developing Not enough sources yet to confirm this is the same specific event.
Framing confidence Hidden Wording-gap score not shown — same-event match is still developing.
Wording differs, but the match is too narrow to read confidently yet.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-left No matching source in this bucket yet. Optics keeps watching for pickup.
Center You got the 'explosive' diarrhea parasite. Now what? KDVR FOX31 (Nexstar, Denver) · Center · News report
Right / center-right No matching source in this bucket yet. Optics keeps watching for pickup.
SEE THE HEADLINES
You got the 'explosive' diarrhea parasite. Now what? Hundreds of people, and likely more, have fallen ill thanks to a parasite in recent weeks.
Open source You got the 'explosive' diarrhea parasite. Now what? Hundreds of people, and likely more, have fallen ill thanks to a parasite in recent weeks.
Open source You got the 'explosive' diarrhea parasite. Now what? Hundreds of people, and likely more, have fallen ill thanks to a parasite in recent weeks.
Open source You got the 'explosive' diarrhea parasite. Now what? Hundreds of people, and likely more, have fallen ill thanks to a parasite in recent weeks.
Open source You got the ‘explosive’ diarrhea parasite. Now what? (NEXSTAR) – Hundreds of people, and likely more, have fallen ill thanks to a parasite in recent weeks. While authorities continue to search for the source, you may be left fearing any fruit...
Open source Details Score hidden · 5 sources · 1 bias buckets Score hidden until the match is cleaner Low confidence 5 sources · 1 bias buckets Developing · 5 sources · 1 bucket Formats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Jul 12, 5:00 PM: The Hill joined the source map.
Jul 12, 5:02 PM: News Channel 4 (KFOR.com) joined the source map.
Jul 12, 5:02 PM: WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland) joined the source map.
Jul 12, 7:10 PM: WFLA News Channel 8 (Nexstar, Tampa) joined the source map.
Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 5 sources · 1 bucket.
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