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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across all five outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points. Every headline employed straightforward, factual language to convey the same core information: two deaths connected to a cyclospora parasite outbreak. The shared neutral framing centered on clinical reporting verbs — "reports," "traced to," "related to" — with no loaded or emotionally charged language detected in any headline. Minor stylistic differences existed without carrying ideological weight: AP specified the descriptor "diarrhea-causing parasite," adding clinical detail absent from others, while ABC provided the broadest numerical context by noting cases had "surpass 11,000." Bloomberg took the most general geographic frame with "US Parasite Outbreak," whereas NBC and AP anchored the story specifically to Michigan. These are presentational choices reflecting editorial style rather than political framing, and no meaningful left-right divide is present in this coverage.