Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault

What the coverage shows

Most outlets lead with the verdict itself, with NBC News, CBS News, Los Angeles Times, ABC News and BBC News all using straightforward guilty headlines, while NPR and Channel 4 add more contextual framing around what comes next. The extracts converge on one count of rape and three or four sexual-assault counts, but they diverge on emphasis: NBC alone foregrounds the allegations and Brand’s denial, Los Angeles Times alone mentions a prior British media investigation, and Channel 4 and BBC alone stress remand or sentencing details.

Written by Crossfiled from the 12 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.