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Outlet profile

Al Jazeera

Often diverges from consensus framing

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RCenter
24
Avg divergence
87
Peak divergence
1693
Events covered
4424
Articles ingested
36%
Contrarian rate
The data

Is Al Jazeera biased?

Divergence tracks Al Jazeera as center, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 1,693 scored events (4,424 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 24 out of 100, roughly in line with the site-wide average of 26.

Its most common framing is neutral (54% of events, followed by critical at 27%). In 36% of the events it covers, Al Jazeera takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares, one of the higher contrarian rates we track. Coverage concentrates on politics and war.

Measured across shared events, Al Jazeera frames stories most like The Telegraph (90%), Globe and Mail (58%) and Deutsche Welle (56%), and least like The Federalist (6% agreement).

These numbers are computed, not opinions. They update every 30 minutes as new coverage arrives. How the score, framing labels, and spectrum placement work is documented in the methodology.

Sentiment breakdown i
Positive9%
Negative40%
Neutral51%
Dominant tone
Neutral
Avg score 0.95i
Framing tendency
Neutral54%
Critical27%
International10%
Alarmist5%
Pro-action4%
Topic focus
Politics43%
Other29%
War18%
Economy7%
Health2%
Coverage

Top divergent events

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