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How the coverage framed it

With a bias spread of just 0.5 points, coverage of this story was largely uniform, and no meaningful ideological divide separates the outlets. The primary variation lies in word choice rather than political framing. The Boston Globe's use of "meddled" and "went rogue" and Sky News's phrase "tried to hack" inject a more dramatic, intent-implying tone compared to the wire-style neutrality of outlets like Neutral News, which simply reported that "OpenAI Says Its AI Agents Accessed U.S. Government Websites." CNBC and Axios similarly favored factual, process-oriented language — "expands review" and "posted user images" — that describes events without characterizing motive. The modest difference across all headlines is essentially a matter of editorial style, with some outlets reaching for more vivid verbs while others stuck to straightforward description; neither end of this narrow spectrum reflects a discernible political lean.