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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform, with a bias spread of just 0.5 points across the two outlets sampled. Both headlines reported on poll findings suggesting Trump is enriching himself in office, differing mainly in which aspect of the poll they chose to emphasize. The Guardian led with the broadest finding — "majority of Americans think Donald Trump is using presidency to enrich himself" — framing the result as a general public verdict and invoking polling authority with "new poll finds." The Washington Post narrowed its focus to a more specific and arguably more politically striking data point: "a jump in Republicans who say Trump is enriching himself," highlighting intra-party defection rather than overall public opinion. Neither headline contests the poll's findings or offers a counter-framing; the difference is one of scope rather than ideological slant, with both outlets treating the poll results as credible and newsworthy.