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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across all three outlets, with a bias spread of 0.0 points and no meaningful ideological divide to identify. All headlines relied on factual, alert-driven language: CNN emphasized the timeline and scale of the threat with phrases like "biggest-ever internet security threat" and a precise "22 years" versus "2 days" contrast; ABC focused on the practical response with "urgent security fix issued" and a concrete statistic ("70% of all websites"); and NeutralNews grounded the story in specific geographic and technical detail with "PHP Coding Flaw Prompts Website Shutdowns in Europe." None of the headlines employed ideologically loaded terminology, assigned blame to political actors, or framed the story through a partisan lens. The shared framing treated the vulnerability as a technical crisis requiring public awareness, with differences limited to emphasis — scope, response, or geographic specificity — rather than ideological orientation.