Mother Jones

Divergence tracks Mother Jones as left, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 156 scored events (286 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 36 out of 100, above the site-wide average of 26.

Its most common framing is critical (70% of events, followed by alarmist at 13%). In 80% of the events it covers, Mother Jones takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares, one of the higher contrarian rates we track. Coverage concentrates on politics and ai.

Measured across shared events, Mother Jones frames stories most like Vox (100%), The Guardian (57%) and The Intercept (57%), and least like National Review (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.