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How the coverage framed it

The bias spread here is modest at 1.5 points, yet a meaningful framing difference exists between the two outlets. The Washington Post stays close to the neutral center, reporting simply that "Catholic bishops say Trump meeting wasn't intended to be political" — a factual rendering of the clarification itself, giving the bishops' own characterization without editorializing. The Daily Caller, by contrast, leads with sharper language: "Catholic Archbishop Accuses Trump White House Of Turning Prayer Into Political Stunt." Where the Post emphasizes the bishops' clarifying intent, the Caller foregrounds accusation and conflict, using the phrase "political stunt" — a notably charged term — and framing a Catholic authority figure as a critic of the administration. The core news event is the same, but the Post presents the bishops as clarifying, while the Caller presents an archbishop as accusing, a distinction that shifts the emotional tone from explanatory to adversarial.