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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of the Anak Krakatau eruption was essentially uniform across all three outlets, with a bias spread of precisely 0.0 points — the minimum possible. BBC, ABC, and NBC all framed the story as a straightforward natural disaster report, employing neutral verbs and avoiding any ideological coloring. The only meaningful variation was structural rather than ideological: BBC led with the volcano's name as a subject — "Anak Krakatau: Volcano eruption triggers flight suspensions" — while ABC and NBC centered Indonesia or its aviation response, as in "Indonesia cancels flights as Anak Krakatau volcano erupts." This reflects minor editorial choices about emphasis (the geological event versus the logistical consequence) rather than any political or ideological lean. Scorers flagged no loaded language, no partisan framing, and no selective omission across any of the headlines. Readers across these outlets received substantively identical framing of the event.