🧵 Saga file #12
Trump midterms campaign
Oct 4, 1 PM ET to Oct 15, 10 PM ET
- 4parts so far
- 41outlets carried a part
- 🫏16 · 7 · 17🐘left · center · right
- 11.4 daysrunning so far
- 274 minof TV captions
- 31radio newscasts
🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
- Oct 4, 11 PM ET · on the front pages 1 hourJon Gruden attends Ohio rally for GOP candidate
- Oct 4, 1 PM ET · on the front pages 3.3 daysTrump announces 'midterm surprise' ahead of elections
- Oct 10, 6 PM ET · on the front pages 5.2 daysTrump holds rallies in Arizona and Montana ahead of midterms
- Oct 13, 11 PM ET · on the front pages 2 daysTrump pardons two Alaskan mechanics in Clean Air Act case
📰 Spread
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🧩 The parts
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1. Jon Gruden attends Ohio rally for GOP candidate
Oct 4, 11 PM ET · 6 outlets · on the front pages 1 hour
“Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden backs Republican Senate candidate at rally” first: New York Post
2. Trump announces 'midterm surprise' ahead of elections
Oct 4, 1 PM ET · 26 outlets · on the front pages 3.3 days
“Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown” first: PBS NewsHour, Washington Examiner
📺 Fox News 18 min, CNN 15 min, MSNOW 8 min · 📻 4 newscasts
3. Trump holds rallies in Arizona and Montana ahead of midterms
Oct 10, 6 PM ET · 23 outlets · on the front pages 5.2 days
“Trump Heads to Upstate New York As Midterm Rallies Roll On” first: Townhall
📺 CNN 165 min, Fox News 39 min, MSNOW 20 min, BBC News 10 min · 📻 27 newscasts
4. Trump pardons two Alaskan mechanics in Clean Air Act case
Oct 13, 11 PM ET · 15 outlets · on the front pages 2 days
“Trump issues pardons for Alaskan truckers who were targeted by Biden admin” first: Just the News, Washington Examiner
🧶 Retelling
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