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Outlet profile

The Guardian

Frequently stakes out contrarian positions

L
RLeft
26
Avg divergence
8.0%
Breaks first
84
Peak divergence
1033
Events covered
1645
Articles ingested
45%
Contrarian rate
The data

Is The Guardian biased?

Divergence tracks The Guardian as left, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 1,033 scored events (1,645 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 27.

Its most common framing is neutral (43% of events, followed by critical at 35%). In 45% 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 The Telegraph (64%), Mother Jones (53%) and BBC (50%), 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.

Sentiment breakdown i
Positive8%
Negative55%
Neutral37%
Dominant tone
Negative
Avg score 0.97i
Framing tendency
Neutral43%
Critical35%
Alarmist11%
Pro-action8%
International2%
Topic focus
Politics42%
Other22%
War21%
Economy9%
Health4%
Coverage

Top divergent events

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