The Daily BeastCenter-left
“Bombshell report reveals new details in Trump documents probe”
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 like
explosive, 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”
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ReutersCenter
“New filing details additional evidence in Trump documents case”
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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.