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 SpinTrump filing shows he took in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses last yearUsed the word:
- “Trump’s $1B Crypto Grift Exposed in Bombshell Disclosure” — The Daily Beast (Center-left)
Other outlets covered the same event:
- “Trump took in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses last year, financial disclosure shows” — PBS NewsHour (Center-left)
- “Trump made over $1B in crypto earnings last year, financial disclosure shows” — The Independent (Center-left)
32 sources · 8L / 20C / 4R 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.