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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points and no meaningful ideological divide present in the headlines. All three outlets anchored their reporting in the legal proceeding itself, consistently using phrases such as "court hears" and "court bid over allegations" to signal factual, procedural framing. The primary differences were editorial choices about specificity rather than ideological slant: the BBC focused on a concrete detail — that Brand "asked assistant for female fan phone numbers" — while the Daily Mail quoted Brand's own characterisation of his lifestyle, describing him as having led "a very promiscuous life," lending his direct denial more prominence. Metro notably withheld Brand's name entirely, referring only to "famous man," which reduces identification without altering ideological framing. These variations reflect differences in editorial style and detail selection, not political positioning.