“Overall information environment carries an ELEVATED-TO-HIGH narrative-integrity risk. One major claim (the U.S.–Israel war on Iran and the sinking of IRIS Dena) is demonstrably false, signalling active mis- or disinformation. The remaining cluster of Cuba-related stories blends verifiable facts (a CodePink solidarity trip) with loaded, partisan framing, which, while not strictly false, amplifies emotional polarisation. No cross-pillar factual contradictions emerged, so the pipeline registers no open divergences; instead, the mood pillar’s emotive language simply exceeds the evidentiary grounding offered by the mechanics pillar. Hence the “divergence” resolves as a narrative imbalance rather than a direct fact clash.”