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How the coverage framed it

The bias spread here is modest (2.5 points), but the framing differences are meaningful and run in distinct directions. Axios, the most left-leaning outlet scored, anchored its headline in domestic harm — "kids are paying the price" — centering ordinary Americans, particularly children, as victims of the Iran war's economic fallout. Fox News, at the right end of the spectrum, largely sidestepped gas prices altogether, instead framing Iran as an intransigent actor "unwilling to bend" to U.S. nuclear demands, casting the conflict through a foreign-policy lens sympathetic to American negotiating positions. The center outlets (Reuters, NeutralNews, Washington Examiner) focused more straightforwardly on the price surge and Trump's blame-shifting toward Ukraine and Democrats, using plain verbs like "blames," "says," and "release" with minimal editorial loading. In short, the left-leaning framing emphasized economic pain at home, while the right-leaning framing emphasized Iranian recalcitrance abroad.