Ex-US Marine beaten into psychotic 'stupor' finally freed from Russian prison: report

Extra Extra has grouped 29 reports on this story from 27 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 11 left-leaning, 11 center, and 7 right-leaning sources.

With a coverage-diversity score of 98 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.

On reliability, 19 of the 27 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 8 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.

Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 37 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.

Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.