Nancy Guthrie ransom notes released by Pima County Sheriff’s Dept.: ‘We never intended to hurt her’

Extra Extra has grouped 17 reports on this story from 14 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 8 left-leaning, 5 center, and 4 right-leaning sources.

With a coverage-diversity score of 96 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, 7 of the 14 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 7 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 25 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.