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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this shooting was remarkably uniform across all outlets, with a bias spread of 0.0 points and no meaningful ideological divergence detectable in any of the headlines. Every outlet relied on neutral, factual language — verbs like "injured," "wounded," and "arrested" appeared consistently, with no loaded characterizations of the suspect, victims, or context. The primary variation among headlines was purely informational rather than ideological: some outlets, such as ABC and Neutral News, emphasized that six of the victims were children, while others, such as the Boston Globe, noted the homecoming game as context, and the Guardian foregrounded the suspect's age. The Tampa Bay Times anchored the story geographically to the football stadium. These differences reflect routine editorial choices about which facts to prioritize in limited headline space, not any discernible political framing.