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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform, with a bias spread of just 1.0 points across all outlets. Most headlines framed Carney as an active, assertive figure standing against Trump's trade position, with language such as "fires back," "backing Carney's stand against Trump," and "Americans aren't buying his Canada fight" all leaning mildly toward a sympathetic portrayal of Canada's posture. The most neutral framing came from *NeutralNews*, which used the factual verb "urges" and quoted Carney's policy language directly — "Start Being Serious" — without casting either leader as aggressor or defender. The slightly more left-coded outlets, such as *Axios* and *Chicago Tribune*, introduced dismissive or combative language ("Americans aren't buying," "Stop trying to be tough") that implicitly validated Carney's position. The shared thread across nearly all coverage, however, was a focus on Carney as the active protagonist in the dispute, rather than a neutral treatment of both sides.