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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of Apple's foldable iPhone announcement was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points and all individual scores falling at or very near neutral. Most outlets defaulted to straightforward product-announcement language — NBC's "Apple announces foldable iPhone Duo" and AP's "New Apple CEO unveils latest iPhone lineup" are representative of the dominant wire-style framing. The modest variation that did exist was tonal rather than ideological: the Boston Globe adopted a mildly skeptical analytical question — "Foldable phones are unpopular. Why is Apple selling one?" — while the Telegraph leaned into consumer reaction, quoting sardonic price commentary ("'At that price, I'd expect it to make me a cup of tea'"). Neither framing carries identifiable left or right loading; both reflect editorial choices about angle rather than political perspective. CNBC's focus on "biggest change to iPhone release cadence in 7 years" similarly reflects a business-context lens, not ideological positioning.