Head to head
ABC News
Left · 1,003 events
vs
AP News
Center · 1,454 events
482
Stories both covered
88%
Framing agreement
15%
Split on framing
top 40 divergent
25
Avg divergence, shared stories

Framing and tone

How each outlet's coverage is framed across all of its scored events, and how its sentiment toward the subject breaks down.

ABC News

neutral 85%critical 9%pro-action 3%alarmist 3%
Positive 8%Neutral 70%Negative 22%

AP News

neutral 94%critical 4%pro-action 1%alarmist 1%
Positive 7%Neutral 78%Negative 16%

Facts

From the fact ledger: how often one contradicted a claim the other reported, and each outlet's overall record.

Between these two

8
direct contradictions
0.7%
of 1,188 shared fact checks

Each outlet's record

ABC News
Contradicts others 1.3%
Ran contested claims 12.4%
Matched consensus 76.6%
AP News
Contradicts others 1.2%
Ran contested claims 10.0%
Matched consensus 79.2%
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Where they split furthest

The highest-divergence stories both outlets covered, with each outlet's headline and how the analysis labeled its framing.

ABC News
Shapiro, RFK Jr. spar over measles and vaccines
political sparring over death classification · neutral
AP News
Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the US this year, both people unvaccinated
straightforward outbreak reporting · neutral
ABC News
2 officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 sue to stop Trump's Anti-Weaponization Fund
brazen corruption · negative
AP News
Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
officers suing to block · neutral
ABC News
Virginia Democrats go to Supreme Court seeking to override redistricting decision
brief developing-story neutral summary · neutral
AP News
Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts
straightforward wire reporting on emergency appeal · neutral
ABC News
Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to self-surrender to authorities today
procedural update with background
AP News
Comey due in court in a Trump threat case that's likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department
legal challenge for prosecution
ABC News
Rep. Khanna says he was 'detained' by Israeli settlers, IDF during West Bank visit
conflicting accounts · neutral
AP News
Democratic congressman says he was detained by the Israeli military and settlers in the West Bank
conflicting accounts · neutral
ABC News
White House correspondents' dinner shooting: Timeline of chaos
chronological incident reconstruction
AP News
Trump's many upcoming large, public events may present fresh security challenges after latest attack
future security risk assessment
ABC News
Supreme Court preserves broad access to abortion drug mifepristone
Broad access preserved · positive
AP News
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
Access preserved, litigation continues · neutral
ABC News
Supreme Court US Supreme Court denies Va. Dems' request on redistricting plan
straightforward legal outcome · neutral
AP News
Supreme Court rejects Virginia’s bid to restore congressional map favoring Democrats
factual procedural outcome · neutral
ABC News
Key takeaways from Trump's elections speech
Claims lack specific evidence · negative
AP News
China rejects Trump's election interference claim as 'groundless accusations'
China's formal rejection and Xi visit uncertainty · neutral
ABC News
Documents touted by Trump say election systems 'would be difficult to manipulate'
documents undercut claims · negative
AP News
Trump uses primetime address to the nation to once again raise doubts about past elections
raising doubts without evidence · negative
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