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Outlet profile

NBC News

Hews close to consensus framing

L
RLeft
27
Avg divergence
76
Peak divergence
308
Events covered
734
Articles ingested
15%
Contrarian rate
The data

Is NBC News biased?

Divergence tracks NBC News as left, based on coverage monitored since May 2026. Across 308 scored events (734 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 27 out of 100, roughly in line with the site-wide average of 26.

Its most common framing is neutral (83% of events, followed by critical at 12%). In 15% 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 (84%), Wall Street Journal (84%) and CBS News (79%), and least like The Federalist (4% 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
Positive5%
Negative18%
Neutral77%
Dominant tone
Neutral
Avg score 1.0i
Framing tendency
Neutral83%
Critical12%
Pro-action2%
Alarmist2%
Topic focus
Politics81%
War10%
Economy3%
Health2%
Ai2%
Coverage

Top divergent events

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