Often diverges from consensus framing
Divergence tracks South China Morning Post as center, based on coverage monitored since May 2026. Across 1,267 scored events (2,200 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 23 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 27.
Its most common framing is neutral (67% of events, followed by international at 17%). In 31% 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 (66%), Deutsche Welle (66%) and Reuters (65%), and least like Vox (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.