Is NBC News biased?

How NBC News covered the news this month

Stories covered

57

last 30 days

Loaded language

0.05 per story

all-outlet average 0.289

Cross-spectrum share

44%

of its stories were also covered by the other side (average 31%)

Framing

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needs 10 stories with framing data (0 so far)

Methodology: we count the stories in our archive from the last 30 days that include NBC News (opinion pieces excluded). For each analyzed story, the AI classifies how each outlet's article is framed, based on emphasis, word choice and what it includes or omits, and flags loaded phrases. These are automated estimates, not verdicts. How CadNews works

Recent coverage compared

• USS Lincoln Set to Port in San Diego After Record Deployment

  The Guardian emphasizes the 'strains and pressures' of the conflict, framing the ship as a 'symbol of dysfunction' for some critics.

• Christa Pike is ‘Angry and Confused’ After Failed Execution

  Christa Pike is ‘Angry and Confused’ After Failed Execution

• At least 35 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, officials say

  At least 30 people feared killed in Russian bus bombing in Ukraine

• Russian bus stop bombing kills at least 33 in Ukraine

  At least 30 people feared killed in Russian bus bombing in Ukraine

  Compare with: The New York Post

• Christa Pike is ‘up and walking’ after botched execution — and she remembers: ‘She is angry’

  The framing emphasizes the 'cruel and unusual' nature of the procedure, highlighting Pike's history of childhood abuse and mental illness as mitigating factors.

  Compare with: The New York Post, The Daily Wire

• USS Lincoln carrier to return to port in San Diego after record-breaking deployment – US politics live

  The Guardian frames the deployment as a 'symbol of dysfunction' and emphasizes the political controversy surrounding the war, linking the carrier's return to broader criticisms of the Trump administration's foreign polic

• USS Abraham Lincoln scheduled to dock in San Diego after harrowing stretch at sea

  The coverage emphasizes 'outrage' from Democrats and a demand for an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigation.

• USS Abraham Lincoln scheduled to dock in San Diego after harrowing stretch at sea

  The Guardian emphasizes the 'harrowing' nature of the deployment, focusing heavily on Democratic outrage and specific calls for accountability and investigations into 'poor living conditions.' It highlights the contrast

• Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club

  Trump wants to make his West Palm Beach golf club a permanent presidential retreat

  Compare with: The Washington Times

• Trump rally protesters shout down angel mom talking about her murdered son in Texas: ‘They’re paid by enemies of our nation’

  The Guardian and ABC News emphasize Trump's 'poor approval ratings' (32% in one poll) and a 'poor political climate' for Republicans.

  Compare with: The New York Post, Washington Examiner, Just the News

Blind spots

Big stories from the last 30 days, covered by outlets on both sides, that NBC News didn't cover in its feeds.

• The WHO seeks more details on the death of a plague research lab employee in Russia14 outlets
• FBI says it stopped teen’s plan for ISIS-inspired attack at Mall of America10 outlets
• Rubio in Greece digs into past to tout Trump’s ‘America first’ approach10 outlets
• Beach in Guam: Supreme Court Considers if Military Can Explode Bombs in This Habitat9 outlets
• Trump rally protesters shout down angel mom talking about her murdered son in Texas: ‘They’re paid by enemies of our nation’7 outlets

Read across the spectrum

Any single outlet has a perspective. To get the full picture on a story, compare how sources on the left, center, and right cover it side by side.