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How the coverage framed it

The 2.0-point spread here is driven almost entirely by The Guardian's distinctive framing rather than by any right-leaning counterweight. CNBC and Forbes both used plain, transactional language — "sues," "won't appear," "subpoena for Epstein testimony" — presenting the story as a straightforward legal action. The Guardian, by contrast, opened with a quoted accusation, "'Leon Black is hiding behind litigation,'" immediately framing Black as evasive rather than as a party exercising a legal right. The word "outrage" further signals moral condemnation, positioning public disapproval as the dominant lens. Because the center and right-of-center outlets clustered at neutral, there is no mirror-image right-leaning framing to compare against; the spread reflects one outlet's emotionally loaded approach rather than a true ideological tug-of-war across the coverage landscape.