Head to head
Foreign Policy
Center · 90 events
vs
Mother Jones
Left · 217 events
12
Stories both covered
38%
Framing agreement
42%
Split on framing
top 12 divergent
33
Avg divergence, shared stories

Framing and tone

How each outlet's coverage is framed across all of its scored events, and how its sentiment toward the subject breaks down.

Foreign Policy

critical 39%neutral 34%pro-action 11%alarmist 8%
Positive 5%Neutral 43%Negative 52%

Mother Jones

critical 70%alarmist 14%pro-action 12%neutral 3%
Positive 10%Neutral 6%Negative 84%

Facts

From the fact ledger: how often one contradicted a claim the other reported, and each outlet's overall record.

Between these two

Too few shared fact checks to compare yet, or no direct contradictions on record.

Each outlet's record

Foreign Policy
Contradicts others 1.9%
Ran contested claims 11.7%
Matched consensus 69.9%
Mother Jones
Contradicts others 2.3%
Ran contested claims 9.0%
Matched consensus 72.2%
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Where they split furthest

The highest-divergence stories both outlets covered, with each outlet's headline and how the analysis labeled its framing.

47Germany's AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt state election with 43.8% of the vote
Foreign Policy
German Democracy, as We Knew It, Is Over
democratic system breakdown · negative
Mother Jones
The Far Right Can't Stand Being Called "Far Right"
far-right label dispute and extremist ties · negative
42Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban concedes defeat to opposition leader Peter Magyar in parliamentary election
Foreign Policy
Hungary Election Results: Why Viktor Orban's Fidesz Party Lost
analytical examination of defeat causes
Mother Jones
Goodbye, Viktor Orbán
celebratory farewell tone
37Trump addresses UN General Assembly, threatens to annihilate Iran or strike a deal
Foreign Policy
A Tale of Two UNGA Speeches
Trump threats vs Guterres multilateralism · neutral
Mother Jones
Trump Threatens to "Annihilate" Iran and Its People in UN Address
genocidal rhetoric and quagmire · negative
33Netanyahu addresses UN General Assembly as delegates walk out and he attacks critics
Foreign Policy
Netanyahu Faces an UNGA Walkout (Again)
Diplomatic isolation and UN theater · negative
Mother Jones
Netanyahu’s UN Speech Was a Full-On Defense of Israeli Settlements
settlements and ICC warrant focus · negative
33Protests erupt in Albania over Kushner-linked luxury resort development in protected coastal area.
Foreign Policy
Kushner-Linked Luxury Resort Plans Ignite Protests Across Albania
environmental and corruption concerns · negative
Mother Jones
Jared Kushner's Albanian Resort Faces a Corruption Probe and Mass Protests
corruption and conflict of interest · negative
26Vance defends US-Iran nuclear deal and criticizes Israeli officials.
Foreign Policy
Treasury Chief Bessent Defends Trump’s Iran Deal
internal deal-selling skepticism · negative
Mother Jones
Trump Threatens Iran as JD Vance Announces “Great Progress” on Ceasefire
diplomatic credibility gap · negative
26Pope Leo XIV releases first encyclical on artificial intelligence.
Foreign Policy
On AI, It's the Pope vs. Trump
geopolitical confrontation · negative
Mother Jones
Is Pope Leo Joining the Anti-AI Resistance?
Vatican-Anthic alliance scrutiny · neutral
12Colombia hosts first-ever conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels with nearly 60 countries
Foreign Policy
Colombia's Anti-Fossil Fuel Conference
workaround to U.N. climate gridlock · neutral
Mother Jones
A New Climate Democracy Is Taking On the Petrostates
historic shift away from petrostates · positive
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