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Mass shooting at Seattle Bite food festival kills three

12 outlets covered the same story. Here's how their headlines landed on the −5 (Far Left) to +5 (Far Right) spectrum — a 2.5-point gap between the most-left and most-right framing.

• -1.0
  LA Times · Left

  3 killed, 4 wounded including toddler in shooting at busy food festival in Seattle
• -1.0
  HuffPost · Left

  3 Dead, 4 Wounded In Mass Shooting Near Seattle’s Iconic Space Needle
• -0.5
  CNN · Center

  Witness recalls fatal Seattle food festival mass shooting
• -0.5
  CNN · Center

  Three people killed, several injured in shooting at Bite of Seattle food festival
• -0.5
  CNN · Center

  Three people killed, several injured in shooting at Seattle food festival
• -0.5
  The Guardian · Center

  Three people killed and one suspect at large in Bite of Seattle food festival shooting
• -0.5
  Washington Examiner · Center

  At least two dead and several injured in shooting at Seattle food festival: Police
• -0.5
  Boston Globe · Center

  Police arrest 1 person and search for another after Seattle festival shooting that killed 3
• -0.5
  Associated Press · Center

  Police arrest 1 person and search for another after Seattle festival shooting that killed 3
• +0.0
  Daily Mail · Center

  Three dead and four injured including 2-year-old boy in mass shooting near iconic Space Needle in Seattle as terrifying video shows panicked festivalgoers fleeing for their lives
• +1.5
  Breitbart · Right

  Three Dead Following Shootout at Seattle Food Festival
• +1.5
  Daily Mail · Right

  Seattle festival bloodbath that left three dead was 'TARGETED shootout' as cops reveal multiple gunmen fired at each other in packed crowd

Scores are AI estimates of headline language, not factual ratings. Each headline is scored 0 (neutral) outward to Far Left / Far Right by Claude and Grok.