What Did Christa Pike Do? What to Know About the Botched Tennessee Execution.

What the coverage shows

Most outlets converge on the same core frame: Christa Pike survived two lethal-injection doses in Tennessee, was reported to be alive afterward, and the state paused or halted further executions. The AP, BBC, ABC, NBC, CNN and others emphasize witnesses, hospital transfer or uncertainty about her condition, while Axios and 60 Minutes lead with the Supreme Court clearing the way earlier in the day. The Guardian and The Hill are the main outlets to foreground the broader execution moratorium or the fact that this was Tennessee’s second botched execution this year.

Written by Crossfiled from the 28 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.