Hews close to consensus framing
Divergence tracks Wall Street Journal as center-right, based on coverage monitored since March 2026. Across 629 scored events (1,885 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 21 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 26.
Its most common framing is neutral (85% of events, followed by critical at 7%). 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%), NBC News (84%) and Reuters (80%), 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.