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South China Morning Post

Often diverges from consensus framing

L
RCenter
21
Avg divergence
67
Peak divergence
583
Events covered
2567
Articles ingested
33%
Contrarian rate
The data

Is South China Morning Post biased?

Divergence tracks South China Morning Post as center, based on coverage monitored since May 2026. Across 583 scored events (2,567 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 21 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 26.

Its most common framing is neutral (64% of events, followed by international at 18%). In 33% of the events it covers, South China Morning Post takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares, one of the higher contrarian rates we track. Coverage concentrates on politics and war.

Measured across shared events, South China Morning Post frames stories most like Le Monde (70%), The Telegraph (67%) and Deutsche Welle (64%), and least like The Intercept (0% 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
Positive11%
Negative31%
Neutral58%
Dominant tone
Neutral
Avg score 1.0i
Framing tendency
Neutral64%
International18%
Critical11%
Alarmist4%
Pro-action2%
Dismissive1%
Topic focus
Politics48%
Other25%
War13%
Economy8%
Health3%
Coverage

Top divergent events

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