Head to head
South China Morning Post
Center · 876 events
vs
The Guardian
Left · 800 events
295
Stories both covered
43%
Framing agreement
72%
Split on framing
top 40 divergent
25
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.

South China Morning Post

neutral 67%international 18%critical 10%alarmist 3%
Positive 9%Neutral 62%Negative 28%

The Guardian

neutral 44%critical 35%alarmist 10%pro-action 8%
Positive 7%Neutral 39%Negative 54%

Facts

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

Between these two

9
direct contradictions
1.6%
of 558 shared fact checks

Each outlet's record

South China Morning Post
Contradicts others 0.8%
Ran contested claims 7.4%
Matched consensus 86.6%
The Guardian
Contradicts others 1.9%
Ran contested claims 16.7%
Matched consensus 68.4%
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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.

South China Morning Post
US Democrat Ro Khanna 'detained' by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit
Khanna's account featured · neutral
The Guardian
US congressman says 'IDF is lying' about his detention by settlers and soldiers
IDF accused of lying · negative
South China Morning Post
Why Trump’s draft peace pact with Iran threatens Netanyahu’s Middle East plans
Netanyahu's strategic setback · negative
The Guardian
Complex relationship between Trump and Netanyahu continues to undermine Middle East ceasefire
Trump-Netanyahu frenemy tensions destabilize ceasefire · 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
The Guardian
Trump finds partner in supreme court in his war against immigration
Court enabling nativist racial agenda · negative
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
The Guardian
For anxious Taiwan, Trump's silence after Xi talks is best possible outcome
Taiwan relieved by Washington's omission · neutral
South China Morning Post
Iran war: Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz as ‘Trump Strait’
Trump's nationalist overreach amid unresolved conflict · negative
The Guardian
Iran hostilities flare after US strike in strait of Hormuz; supertanker hits mines and catches fire – Middle East crisis live
ongoing crisis and demining failure · negative
South China Morning Post
Nathan Cofnas, academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism accusations, suspended from post
factual report on suspension and death · neutral
The Guardian
Ghent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday's plagiarism accuser
Cofnas unqualified and promotes racial pseudoscience · negative
South China Morning Post
Lindsey Graham's death removes one of Washington's most influential China hawks
China hawk vacancy · neutral
The Guardian
Lindsey Graham tributes from Israel and Ukraine point to complicated, often bloody legacy
complicated bloody legacy · negative
South China Morning Post
‘We won’t tolerate this’: thousands in Germany protest against far-right AfD
citizens resist far-right rise · negative
The Guardian
German riot police clash with protesters hoping to block far-right AfD conference
resistance to far-right threat · negative
South China Morning Post
China’s ethnic unity law is not a tool of transnational repression
defends law as legitimate security measure · positive
The Guardian
China’s ethnic unity law denounced as ‘forced assimilation’ by rights groups
rights groups warn of freedoms threat · negative
South China Morning Post
Can the US-Iran deal survive a defiant Israel and Hormuz uncertainties?
skeptical of deal durability · neutral
The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: Tehran says it will charge ships in strait of Hormuz after 60 days; US-Iran presidents sign peace deal
live coverage with Hormuz fee concerns · neutral
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