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How the coverage framed it

The 2.5-point spread here reflects a modest but discernible framing divergence. At the left end of the spectrum, The Guardian anchors its headline in accountability language — "calls for investigation after video shows ICE officers using batons on protesters" — positioning protesters as subjects of harm and implicitly casting ICE conduct as requiring scrutiny. The phrase "calls for investigation" signals a normative judgment that wrongdoing may have occurred. By contrast, the Chicago Tribune stays in purely procedural terrain, foregrounding a legal curiosity ("judge doing double take on bodycams") without assigning fault to any party. Axios, the closest to the right of the three, frames a related enforcement action in straightforward prosecutorial terms, quoting DOJ terminology ("Alien Terrorist") neutrally with no victim framing. The overall spread is moderate rather than extreme, and the center and right-leaning outlets notably avoid the protest-and-accountability frame that drives The Guardian's headline.