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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across both outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.5 points separating the most- and least-left-coded headlines. Both the Miami Herald and the Tampa Bay Times employed scrutiny framing that questioned the Donalds family's financial ties to public education funding, differing only slightly in emphasis. The Herald focused on the couple's wealth as something that "hinges on millions in state education dollars," foregrounding the scale of public funds involved, while the Times framed the relationship more broadly as wealth "tied to charter school industry," shifting attention from raw dollar amounts to the systemic connection with a privatized education sector. Neither outlet offered a neutral or favorable framing, and no right-coded headlines appeared in the coverage sample. The shared tone across both outlets leans mildly toward conflict-of-interest framing, though neither headline makes an explicit accusation.