LOADED WORDS
“slammed” — what this word changes.
"Slammed" / "blasted" frames disagreement as a partisan attack. The contrast term "criticized" frames the same disagreement as measured political debate.
“slammed” makes the story feel like
loud, combative, partisan attack.
The contrast: “criticized”
The other side's framing of the same event: measured, substantive, normal political disagreement.
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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.