Often diverges from consensus framing
Divergence tracks The Hill as center, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 2,331 scored events (3,843 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 25 out of 100, roughly in line with the site-wide average of 26.
Its most common framing is neutral (81% of events, followed by critical at 11%). In 20% of the events it covers, The Hill 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 Hill frames stories most like AP News (78%), Reuters (75%) and NBC News (75%), and least like The Federalist (8% 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.