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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was remarkably uniform across outlets. Both NPR and the Associated Press ran virtually identical headlines — "House holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress over Epstein investigation" — using the same neutral, wire-style construction. Scorers flagged no ideological framing in either case, noting that the verb "holds in contempt" is a straightforward legal descriptor rather than a charged characterization. The inclusion of "billionaire" to identify Black is a factual identifier rather than a rhetorical signal, as it appeared consistently across both outlets. With a bias spread of exactly 0.0 points, there is no meaningful left-to-right divide to analyze here; the headlines reflect standard procedural reporting language, prioritizing factual clarity over narrative framing. Readers encountering this story from either outlet would receive a substantively equivalent account of the congressional action.