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How the coverage framed it

The coverage of this story spans a modest but meaningful range, with mainstream outlets adopting straightforward, action-verb framing while the right-leaning outlet infused explicit culture-war language. The Washington Post and HuffPost treated the story as a factual directive, using neutral verbs like "wants" and "tells" with no ideological coloring — both outlets described the same basic event: Trump instructing the Smithsonian to install a George Washington exhibit or statue. National Review, by contrast, framed the same development through an overt ideological lens, opening with "Woke Takes a Hit at the Smithsonian" — language that casts the order as a victory over a political adversary — and adding the phrase "Watch the Philistinism, Please," which signals dismissal of anticipated criticism. Where mainstream headlines reported an action, National Review reported a cultural skirmish and positioned the outcome approvingly, reflecting the roughly two-point spread between centrist and right-coded framing.