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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform, with a bias spread of just 0.5 points across all outlets. Most headlines treated the backlash as a straightforward factual development, exemplified by the neutralnews wire-style constructions like "Opposition to Data Centers Grows, Pushing Politicians to Respond." The modest framing variation that did exist was mostly tonal rather than ideological. On the slightly left end, Vox framed the story as a unifying civic moment — "Data centers are bringing Americans together" — emphasizing cross-partisan solidarity with positive community language. The Hill occupied the center, using the mildly populist label "Big Tech" while otherwise offering neutral political analysis. No headline employed strongly right-leaning framing. The shared underlying narrative across all outlets — that public and political opposition to data centers is measurably growing — remained consistent, with differences limited to whether outlets emphasized unity, political lag, or polling data.