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US trade deficit hits 17-month high despite tariffs
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The US trade deficit rose to a 17-month high in August, exceeding $100 billion for the first time since March 2025, as imports outpaced exports. The data challenges the Trump administration's tariff strategy.
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How the outlets frame it
3 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outThe New York Times (leans negative, mildly sensational, some charged words).
- PlainestThe Hill and CNBC.
Tap a logo to see the outlet, the headline it was read from, and where it sits on every measure.
Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?
The New York Times stands apart as leans negative; the other 2 read as neutral.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
All 3 read as measured.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
Between neutral wording and some charged words; no outlet stands apart.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Both read as straight.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 3 outlets and the headlines they were read from
CNBC
Trade deficit hits $105.6 billion, widest since just before Trump tariffs enacted last yearFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
The Hill
US trade deficit passes $100B for first time since March 2025Framing: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
The New York Times
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits 17-Month High Despite Trump’s TariffsFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: not placed
Each outlet is read blind: a classifier sees its headline and opening next to the story's own headline, without the outlet's name, and scores how the report presents the story. A logo sits at the classifier's average reading, so it can fall between two levels. These readings compare coverage of this story only; they are not ratings of the outlets.
Where the outlets diverge
Two headlines from opposite endsFraming · Negative → Positive
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherNo time pressure
Primary document or data
Politically contested
No violence reported
Other signals
7 found · 14 not present- Article typeNews report
- TopicEconomy and business
- Policy areaTrade policy
- Government levelFederal
- Where it happensUnited States national
- What a reader getsNew facts
- Which marketTrade and tariffs
- Tonenot present
- Main political actornot present
- Civil liberties questionnot present
- Market relevancenot present
- Market horizonnot present
- Who is economically affectednot present
- Corporate dimensionnot present
- Conflict dimensionnot present
- Conflict direction reportednot present
- Humanitarian impactnot present
- Public safetynot present
- Public healthnot present
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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