“FBI raids Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in unprecedented move”
LOADED WORDS
“raid” — what this word changes.
"Raid" makes a law-enforcement action sound aggressive and surprise-driven. "Operation" makes the same action sound procedural and planned.
aggressive, militarized, surprise attack.
The other side's framing of the same event: procedural, planned, official action.
See the “operation” page →Live headlines using “raid”
“FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago in Trump documents case”
Historical examples chosen to show how the word changes the first impression of the same event. Live matches will replace these as soon as outlets use “raid” again.
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.