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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform in tone, with a bias spread of 0.0 points across outlets. However, a notable divergence exists not in ideological framing but in subject matter: CNN focused directly on the core story, reporting that "Iranian operatives used AI to plant fake stories in multiple US media outlets," while the Financial Times ran a headline about a separate Iran-related event — "Iran attacks tankers beyond Strait of Hormuz" — suggesting the two outlets were not covering the same development at all. Where CNN's framing was factual and specific, using the neutral verb "used" and grounding the story in domestic media manipulation, the Financial Times employed the action verb "attacks" in a straightforward wire-style report on a maritime incident. Neither headline carried detectable ideological loading, and no left-right framing divide is evident in the language used.