Framing example
This is a teaching example, not a live event
The framings below illustrate how a class of incident is typically presented across perspectives. They are not the output of any particular newsroom on any particular day. For methodology, see bias methodology.
The fact base every framing below is working from.
Linguistic and editorial signals to notice as you read the framings.
The IAEA Director General's quarterly report notes specified enrichment levels, partial inspection access, and outstanding safeguards questions. The text is publicly available. Different member states have issued contrasting characterisations; the underlying technical detail is in the report.
Iranian enrichment has reached a level that brings the country within weeks of weapons-grade material if the political decision were made. The IAEA's inspection access has been narrowed. The international community must respond.
Loaded terms
Iran's civilian nuclear programme remains under IAEA supervision and safeguards cooperation continues. The current enrichment level reflects industrial requirements, not weapons intent. Mischaracterisation of the report is designed to manufacture a crisis.
Loaded terms
The IAEA report confirms Iran is on the threshold of weapons-grade material. Preventive options must remain on the table. Diplomatic processes that have failed before cannot be relied upon to address an existential threat.
Loaded terms
The IAEA report's factual content should be the basis for restored diplomacy. The mechanisms for monitoring and verification exist; the political will to use them is the relevant variable.
Any escalation of the nuclear dossier will produce energy-market effects beyond the immediate participants. Third-country importers should encourage diplomatic-track resolution on its own terms.
Read the actual IAEA report. The technical detail is public. Pay attention to whether each side's framing uses the IAEA's own language or rephrases it.