DW
Outlet profile

Deutsche Welle

Often diverges from consensus framing

L
RCenter
22
Avg divergence
7.0%
Breaks first
67
Peak divergence
628
Events covered
1100
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 628 scored events (1,100 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 22 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 26.

Its most common framing is neutral (71% of events, followed by critical at 13%). 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 AP News (67%), 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
Positive7%
Negative33%
Neutral60%
Dominant tone
Neutral
Avg score 1.0i
Framing tendency
Neutral71%
Critical13%
International8%
Alarmist7%
Pro-action2%
Topic focus
Politics43%
Other27%
War17%
Economy6%
Health4%
Coverage

Top divergent events

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