Hews close to consensus framing
Divergence tracks NBC News as left, based on coverage monitored since May 2026. Across 602 scored events (1,102 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 28 out of 100, roughly in line with the site-wide average of 27.
Its most common framing is neutral (81% of events, followed by critical at 15%). In 18% of the events it covers, NBC News takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares. Coverage concentrates on politics and war.
Measured across shared events, NBC News frames stories most like AP News (83%), Wall Street Journal (82%) and CBS News (77%), and least like The Federalist (6% 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.