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Canadian wildfire smoke spreads across US, air quality alerts

7 outlets covered the same story. Here's how their headlines landed on the −5 (Far Left) to +5 (Far Right) spectrum — a 1.5-point gap between the most-left and most-right framing.

• -1.5
  Reason · Left

  Trump's Pernicious Threat to Impose Tariffs on Canada in Response to Wildfires
• -0.7
  HuffPost · Center

  Wildfire Smoke From Canada And Minnesota Pushes Farther Into U.S., Engulfs DC In Haze
• -0.5
  Washington Post · Center

  Thick wildfire smoke lingers over Mid-Atlantic early Saturday
• -0.5
  The Independent · Center

  How to keep hazardous air out of your home when wildfire smoke fills the sky
• -0.5
  Neutral News · Center

  Canadian Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts Across 16 States
• -0.2
  Neutral News · Center

  Canadian Wildfire Smoke Spreads Across U.S. as Trump Threatens New Tariffs
• +0.0
  Breitbart · Center

  VIDEO: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Drifting into U.S. Puts Sensitive Americans at Higher Risk

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.