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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of the Johnson-Massie dispute was largely uniform across the two outlets that reported on it, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points and individual scores clustering near center. Both The Hill and Axios employed neutral, factual language without detectable ideological framing. The Hill's headline led with Massie as the subject using the straightforward verb construction "says he hid," keeping the framing close to a direct attribution of the congressman's own words. Axios leaned slightly more into narrative drama with the phrase "boils over" to characterize the feud, and anchored the headline with a direct quote — "Why are we taking days off our calendar?" — letting Massie's language speak for itself rather than editorially characterizing the dispute. Neither outlet signaled partisan sympathy; the modest difference between them is one of storytelling style rather than ideological slant.