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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across all three outlets, with a bias spread of 0.0 points reflecting near-identical neutral framing. All headlines treated the deal as straightforward business news, relying on factual corporate and financial language without ideological coloring. Reuters offered the most compressed, wire-style summary — "strike $4 billion custom chip deal" — while CNBC provided more structural detail, specifying the warrant mechanism with "issues Amazon warrants to buy $4 billion worth of chipmaker's stock." MarketWatch was the only outlet to introduce an investor-sentiment angle, noting that Qualcomm's stock "climbs" and that the deal "offers investors much-needed good news," though this reflects standard financial reporting convention rather than ideological framing. No outlet emphasized regulatory concerns, national security dimensions, or competitive implications, and none used loaded or partisan language. The differences are presentational rather than political.