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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across all four outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points separating the most left-leaning from the most right-leaning headline. Every outlet employed neutral, factual language to describe the same diplomatic events, differing only in which aspect of the story they chose to foreground. Reuters and Axios centered their headlines on Zelensky's voice, quoting his characterizations — "decent ideas" and "exploring… winter de-escalation steps" — while ABC led with envoy Steve Witkoff's perspective, noting he "hails 'very meaningful discussions.'" NeutralNews opted for the most procedural framing, simply describing the sequence of meetings with neither Ukrainian nor American sourcing. None of the outlets employed ideologically loaded language, and scorers flagged only neutral attribution verbs throughout. The variation reflects editorial choices about sourcing and emphasis rather than any meaningful political or ideological divide.