Hews close to consensus framing
Divergence tracks Wall Street Journal as center-right, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 998 scored events (1,650 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 22 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 27.
Its most common framing is neutral (87% of events, followed by critical at 6%). In 12% of the events it covers, Wall Street Journal takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares. Coverage concentrates on economy and politics.
Measured across shared events, Wall Street Journal frames stories most like AP News (85%), Reuters (82%) and NBC News (82%), and least like Mother Jones (4% 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.