Weekly Emotional Framing Analysis: Nov 9–15, 2025

A Conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT)

Miles: Every week the news feels like three different planets orbiting the same sun. Let’s walk through what Fox, CNN, and NPR were really doing emotionally this week — and how their tone keeps shifting over time.

Beth: The emotional pulse this week wasn’t subtle. All three outlets locked onto the same set of core stories — the end of the government shutdown, the Epstein-Trump documents, the rollback of tariffs, election fallout, and immigration enforcement.

Fox News spent the week pushing reactive reassurance and political victory.
CNN leaned heavily into fear, concern, and scandal escalation.
NPR stayed reflective, emphasizing systems and consequences.

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Overlapping Story Emotional Breakdown

Shutdown Ends

• Fox: Reassurance, intensity 4
• CNN: Anger, intensity 4
• NPR: Analytical, intensity 2

Epstein Files Naming Trump

• Fox: Distrust, intensity 3
• CNN: Fear/anger, intensity 5
• NPR: Concern, intensity 3

Tariff Rollback

• Fox: Pride, intensity 4
• CNN: Concern, intensity 3
• NPR: Analytical, intensity 2

Off-Year Elections

• Fox: Anger, intensity 4
• CNN: Hope, intensity 3
• NPR: Concern, intensity 3

Immigration & Self-Deportation

• Fox: Reassurance, intensity 5
• CNN: Fear/empathy, intensity 4
• NPR: Empathy, intensity 4

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Non-Overlapping Stories

Fox focused on Cheney’s death, Musk attacking a Democrat, Patriot Awards, and high-emotion security stories.
CNN highlighted baby formula recalls, northern lights, global violence, and climate rulings.
NPR emphasized SNAP restoration, delayed jobs numbers, global disasters, and policy analysis.

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Three-Week Drift Analysis

Fox shifted from negative-reactive to strongly positive-reactive.
CNN moved upward into more reactive alarm.
NPR fell back toward negative-reflective due to economic and humanitarian stories.

Centers of gravity this week:

• Fox: (1.6, 4.0)
• CNN: (-2.4, 2.0)
• NPR: (-1.4, -2.8)

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What Each Outlet Wanted You to Feel This Week

Fox News

Vindicated. Protected. Energized.

CNN

Alarmed. Angry. Engaged.

NPR

Thoughtful. Informed. Aware of deeper structural problems.

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Final Summary

This week reinforced the emotional identities of America’s three major news ecosystems.

Fox pushed triumph and reassurance.
CNN stoked alarm and scandal.
NPR emphasized reflection and structural consequences.

Three outlets. Three emotional realities.
The drift keeps widening.

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End of Weekly Analysis — Nov 9–15, 2025