Hews close to consensus framing
Divergence tracks PBS NewsHour as left, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 1,365 scored events (2,260 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 26 out of 100, roughly in line with the site-wide average of 27.
Its most common framing is neutral (85% of events, followed by critical at 10%). In 14% of the events it covers, PBS NewsHour takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares. Coverage concentrates on politics and war.
Measured across shared events, PBS NewsHour frames stories most like AP News (90%), Wall Street Journal (81%) and Financial Times (81%), and least like Mother Jones (8% 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.