Bent stylus or normal? ~5-10 degrees off horizontal when looking directly from the front

Hi all,

My right channel has been making occasional cracking, so after checking all the wires, tracking force, anti-skate, etc. the only thing left was the 2-week old Shure M97eX cartridge I installed (alignment is dead on). I took the headshell off with the cartridge and notice the little metal housing the stylus needle is embedded on sits at a slight angle. Looking directly from the front it looks like the left side of tilted up just a little higher, meaning the needle itself points to almost 7:00 instead of 6:00 (straight down).

is this the design, or is bent?

Thanks!!