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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 1.0 point separating the most divergent framing. NPR and Newsweek anchored the center with neutral, descriptive language — phrases like "draw opposition from across the political spectrum" and "Cities Rejecting Flock Cameras as Number Surges" present the story as a factual, cross-partisan development without ideological loading. The Miami Herald represented the modest leftward edge, deploying more alarming language: the quoted phrase "Pervasive and ungovernable" and the word "entrenched" frame the surveillance network as a systemic threat rather than simply a contested policy, which scorers identified as civil-liberties-coded framing common to left-leaning coverage. Even so, the difference is one of tone and word choice rather than a fundamental divergence in narrative. All three outlets conveyed broad opposition to Flock cameras; only the Herald added language suggesting urgency and institutional entrenchment.