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Outlet profile

Deutsche Welle

Often diverges from consensus framing

L
RCenter
21
Avg divergence
67
Peak divergence
449
Events covered
1277
Articles ingested
26%
Contrarian rate
The data

Is Deutsche Welle biased?

Divergence tracks Deutsche Welle as center, based on coverage monitored since May 2026. Across 449 scored events (1,277 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 21 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 26.

Its most common framing is neutral (70% of events, followed by critical at 14%). In 26% of the events it covers, Deutsche Welle 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, Deutsche Welle frames stories most like Reuters (70%), Le Monde (69%) and Globe and Mail (64%), and least like The Intercept (0% 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
Positive8%
Negative33%
Neutral59%
Dominant tone
Neutral
Avg score 1.0i
Framing tendency
Neutral70%
Critical14%
Alarmist7%
International7%
Pro-action2%
Topic focus
Politics42%
Other25%
War19%
Economy6%
Health5%
Coverage

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