Frequently stakes out contrarian positions
Divergence tracks The Intercept as left, based on coverage monitored since May 2026. Across 46 scored events (92 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 38 out of 100, above the site-wide average of 27.
Its most common framing is critical (72% of events, followed by pro-action at 13%). In 72% of the events it covers, The Intercept 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 Intercept frames stories most like HuffPost (68%), Reason (67%) and Defense One (67%), and least like Financial Times (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.