This week's unrest in Belfast was a masterclass in how to incite a racist riot on social media

Progressive: Progressive-leaning outlets frame the violence as fundamentally anti-immigrant and xenophobic in nature, rather than viewing the stabbing as the root cause, and present the anti-racism demonstration as the essential community response.

Moderate: Centrist outlets focus on factual reporting of the attack, violence, arrests, and public demonstrations, with some contextualizing the unrest through structural factors such as poverty, colonial history, or online misinformation.

Conservative: Conservative-leaning outlets emphasize the attacker's refugee background and viral amplification of the incident, framing public anxiety about security and integration challenges as central, rather than emphasizing systemic racism.