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How the coverage framed it

With a bias spread of just 1.5 points, coverage of this story was largely uniform, with most outlets treating the events in straightforward, factual terms. NPR and USA Today anchored the center, using neutral verbs like "moves to impeach" and "launches" to describe Massie's action without ideological coloring. The modest variation that does exist appears at the left edge: The Guardian focused on the adjournment rather than the impeachment itself, framing Johnson's decision as dereliction by describing him as "sending lawmakers home," and positioning Democratic criticism sympathetically. CNN split the difference, covering both elements but choosing "stave off" to characterize the Republican procedural move — language that implies deliberate avoidance of accountability. The right end of the scale is absent here; no outlet applied notably favorable framing to Republican actors. The dominant shared framing across outlets treated Massie's impeachment move and the early adjournment as straightforward political facts.