Head to head
NPR
Left · 941 events
vs
South China Morning Post
Center · 1,267 events
354
Stories both covered
56%
Framing agreement
48%
Split on framing
top 40 divergent
28
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.

NPR

neutral 79%critical 16%alarmist 3%pro-action 2%
Positive 8%Neutral 63%Negative 29%

South China Morning Post

neutral 67%international 17%critical 10%alarmist 4%
Positive 8%Neutral 65%Negative 27%

Facts

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

Between these two

2
direct contradictions
0.3%
of 599 shared fact checks

Each outlet's record

NPR
Contradicts others 1.3%
Ran contested claims 7.3%
Matched consensus 83.3%
South China Morning Post
Contradicts others 0.8%
Ran contested claims 6.7%
Matched consensus 86.1%
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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.

NPR
The Trump administration warns Ukraine it could cut off intel, Zelenskyy tells NPR
Exclusive Zelensky interview highlighting US pressure on Ukraine · negative
South China Morning Post
US-Russia deal, Trump-Zelensky clash could leave Ukraine out in the cold
US-Ukraine alliance fracturing under Trump pressure · negative
NPR
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Breaking announcement focused on committee rationale · positive
South China Morning Post
Trump slams Norway and Nobel committee after missing out on Peace Prize
Trump's reaction as annual pattern · neutral
NPR
Takeaways from Trump's primetime speech. And, at least 2 dead in major Texas flooding
No new fraud evidence found in documents · negative
South China Morning Post
China blasts 'unfounded smears' as Trump's election claims threaten diplomatic thaw
Diplomatic fallout with China dominates · negative
NPR
Trump will speak on elections in Thursday primetime address
revisiting debunked conspiracy theories · negative
South China Morning Post
Trump accuses China of 'largest compromise of election data in history' in national address
China election data accusation · neutral
NPR
Israeli PM pledges massive military operation after West Bank checkpoint attack
Collective punishment, election politics · negative
South China Morning Post
Israel widens West Bank crackdown, displacing Hebron families after attack
Crackdown widening, election-day closures · neutral
NPR
France announces nightly curfews 'for as long as necessary' in Paris and other cities
curfews and arrest of arson suspect · neutral
South China Morning Post
Liberty, equality, tear gas: no nation does mass protests quite like France
French protest tradition feature · neutral
NPR
Supreme Court says U.S. can turn away asylum seekers at the border
Policy tool impact on asylum seekers · negative
South China Morning Post
US Supreme Court paves way for Trump's mass deportation of Haitians and Syrians
Mass deportation framing from international perspective · negative
NPR
Xi warns Trump over Taiwan, says differences could lead to clash
Trade truce backdrop with Taiwan friction · neutral
South China Morning Post
Whiplash in Taiwan? How Donald Trump's blunt warning collides with a historic call offer
Contradictory US signals create Taiwan whiplash · neutral
NPR
France's police fire tear gas and water cannons as school protests sweep the country
nationwide school protests and police tactics · neutral
South China Morning Post
French teenagers 'not backing down' as school blockades continue
protests persist despite government pledge · neutral
NPR
Ed Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore
tour chaos over pro-Palestine comments · neutral
South China Morning Post
Ed Sheeran tour in trouble as support acts quit over pro-Palestinian speech fallout
tour chaos over pro-Palestine speech · neutral
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