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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story spans roughly 2.5 bias points, revealing meaningful but not extreme framing differences. Al Jazeera's headline departs from the core parliamentary story entirely, focusing instead on Malmö as a "multicultural" city "loathed by the far right," language that frames multiculturalism sympathetically and positions the far right as an external threat — a notably left-leaning contextual choice. The BBC stays closer to the actual event but describes Merz as someone who "attacks AfD," an aggressive verb that subtly casts the mainstream politician as the aggressor rather than a respondent. At the right end, Breitbart reframes Merz's parliamentary remarks as an "Outburst," signaling emotionality and irrationality, while the phrase "Brutally Fact Checked" lends credibility to the AfD's position. The sharpest contrast lies in how Merz is characterized: a principled responder in centrist framing versus an erratic actor in Breitbart's telling.