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US Forest Service employees taken hostage, later freed

3 outlets covered the same story. Here's how their headlines landed on the −5 (Far Left) to +5 (Far Right) spectrum — a 0.2-point gap between the most-left and most-right framing.

• -0.2
  Newsweek · Center

  Map Shows Where Forest Workers Zip-Tied For Hours in California Wilderness
• -0.1
  Boston Globe · Center

  US Forest Service employees freed after 15-hour hostage ordeal
• +0.0
  Washington Examiner · Center

  Kidnapped Forest Service employees freed after being taken hostage

Scores are AI estimates of headline language, not factual ratings. Each headline is scored 0 (neutral) outward to Far Left / Far Right by Claude and Grok.