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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this Cyclospora outbreak was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of exactly 0.0 points — no meaningful ideological divide is present. All three outlets approached the story with neutral, factual framing and avoided loaded or politicized language. The primary differences were editorial in nature rather than ideological: Bloomberg and NeutralNews led with straightforward epidemiological framing, citing specific figures ("Cases Top 10,000 in Michigan") or geographic scope ("Across 45 States"), while the Boston Globe took a softer, consumer-focused angle, framing the outbreak through its economic and practical impact on restaurants with the phrase "stomach-churning parasite" and "hard times." That colloquial phrasing is the most notable stylistic departure, though it carries no discernible political lean. All three outlets treated this as a public health and consumer issue, relying on neutral verbs and factual detail without attributing blame or invoking regulatory or political narratives.