TOI
Outlet profile

Times of Israel

Often diverges from consensus framing

L
RCenter
26
Avg divergence
12.1%
Breaks first
67
Peak divergence
414
Events covered
827
Articles ingested
29%
Contrarian rate
The data

Is Times of Israel biased?

Divergence tracks Times of Israel as center, based on coverage monitored since May 2026. Across 414 scored events (827 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 (66% of events, followed by critical at 16%). In 29% of the events it covers, Times of Israel 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, Times of Israel frames stories most like AP News (68%), Financial Times (67%) and Wall Street Journal (67%), and least like The Intercept (10% 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
Positive10%
Negative35%
Neutral55%
Dominant tone
Neutral
Avg score 1.0i
Framing tendency
Neutral66%
Critical16%
Pro-action8%
Alarmist7%
International2%
Dismissive1%
Topic focus
Politics56%
War25%
Other12%
Economy4%
Health2%
Coverage

Top divergent events

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