Hews close to consensus framing
Divergence tracks Financial Times as center-right, based on coverage monitored since April 2026. Across 690 scored events (1,176 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 22 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 27.
Its most common framing is neutral (83% of events, followed by critical at 11%). In 15% of the events it covers, Financial Times takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares. Coverage concentrates on economy and politics.
Measured across shared events, Financial Times frames stories most like PBS NewsHour (81%), AP News (80%) and Reuters (79%), 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.