LOADED WORDS
“bombshell” — what this word changes.
"Bombshell" makes a piece of reporting feel like a scandal. The contrast term "report" frames the same reporting as routine.
“bombshell” makes the story feel likeexplosive, scandalous, narrative-shifting.
The contrast: “report”The other side's framing of the same event: routine, expected, one more data point.
See the “report” page → Live headlines using “bombshell”
Different SpinDenise Welch announces she is leaving Loose Women to focus on actingUsed the word:
- “Denise Welch announces Loose Women exit after 25 years on the show in bombshell statement” — Wales Online (Center-left)
Other outlets covered the same event:
- “Major Loose Women star quits show after 25 years” — Metro UK (Center-left)
- “Denise Welch announces she is leaving Loose Women to focus on acting” — The Belfast Telegraph (Center)
3 sources · 2L / 1C / 0R How Optics uses these words
Optics doesn't decide which framing is “right.” It surfaces them so a reader can see, in one glance, that the same event is being labeled completely differently depending on which outlet picked the verb. See the full loaded-word catalog or read the methodology.