Hews close to consensus framing
Divergence tracks AP News as center, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 1,755 scored events (2,611 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 21 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 27.
Its most common framing is neutral (93% of events, followed by critical at 5%). In 7% of the events it covers, AP News takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares. Coverage concentrates on politics and war.
Measured across shared events, AP News frames stories most like PBS NewsHour (89%), Reuters (87%) and ABC News (86%), and least like Mother Jones (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.