LOADED WORDS
“whistleblower” — what this word changes.
"Whistleblower" frames a person as a principled truth-teller. The contrast term "denier" frames the same person as outside the reasonable consensus.
“whistleblower” makes the story feel like
principled, persecuted, telling the truth.
The contrast: “denier”
The other side's framing of the same event: outside reasonable consensus, dishonest.
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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.