Hews close to consensus framing
Divergence tracks PBS NewsHour as left, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 1,096 scored events (1,846 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 26.
Its most common framing is neutral (85% of events, followed by critical at 10%). In 13% 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 (91%), Wall Street Journal (80%) and CBS News (78%), and least like Mother Jones (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.