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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was remarkably uniform across all three outlets, with a bias spread of 0.0 points and no meaningful ideological divide to report. Al Jazeera, AP, and Sky News each relied on plain, factual language — straightforward verb choices like "capsizes," "recovered," and "search under way" — and all three converged on nearly identical casualty figures (six dead, roughly 129–130 missing). The only notable differences were minor structural choices: AP emphasized the ongoing rescue effort with "continues search," while Al Jazeera and Sky News foregrounded the death toll in their opening phrases ("Six killed" and "Six dead," respectively). These are editorial rhythm decisions rather than ideological signals. Readers across these outlets received essentially the same neutral account of the disaster, with no outlet applying loaded framing, selective emphasis, or politically charged language to the event.