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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points and both headlines anchored near the political center. The shared framing treated the story as a straightforward institutional response to a book's claims, with both ABC and NBC attributing the reaction to the Palace or King Charles and identifying Earl Spencer's book as the source of the claims. The modest difference lies in word choice rather than ideological positioning: ABC used the measured verb "rebuts," signaling a factual, procedural response, while NBC opted for "fiery response," adding a degree of dramatic color that implies greater emotional intensity. Neither choice carries a discernible political lean; the gap reflects a stylistic editorial choice between restrained and more animated language rather than any substantive difference in how the underlying story was framed.