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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.5 points separating the most-left and most-right scored headlines. All three outlets treated the executions as straightforward news events without ideological editorializing. The AP and Tampa Bay Times both framed the story around procedural and legal dimensions — the AP emphasizing the historical rarity with "first time in the US in nearly a decade," while the Tampa Bay Times focused on the legal process with "chances for appeal running out." The New York Post, scored slightly higher at +0.5, shifted toward victim-centered crime detail, naming the condemned as a "suspected serial killer and ex-cop" and specifying the crime as "rape, murder of 11-year-old girl." This added graphic specificity without ideological framing, accounting for the modest scoring difference. The overall tone across all outlets remained factual and neutral.