Frequently stakes out contrarian positions
Divergence tracks The Guardian as left, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 663 scored events (1,545 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 (44% of events, followed by critical at 35%). In 42% of the events it covers, The Guardian 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, The Guardian frames stories most like Mother Jones (68%), The Telegraph (60%) and BBC (52%), and least like Defense One (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.