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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of the Max Miller story was largely uniform across the political spectrum, with a bias spread of just one point separating the most left-leaning from the most right-leaning headline. The shared baseline framing treated the story as a factual, procedural political matter — outlets consistently referenced "allegations," "resignation," and Republican party responses without ideological editorializing. The modest variation that did exist came primarily from tone rather than substance: MSNBC's headline stood out by featuring the dramatic quoted phrase "seventh level of hell," lending emotional weight absent elsewhere and positioning the story around mounting pressure on Miller. By contrast, Breitbart and The Free Press kept their language plainly procedural, focusing on which Republican figures were calling for resignation. The Hill and ABC hewed closest to neutral, with phrases like "thorny spot" and "says he won't drop" describing the situation without amplifying either accusers or the accused.