🧵 Saga file #87
Alaska Senate race controversy
Oct 23, 12 PM ET to Oct 28, 6 AM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 52outlets carried a part
- 🫏24 · 12 · 13🐘left · center · right
- 4.7 daysrunning so far
- 212 minof TV captions
- 29radio newscasts
- 239people retold it online
🧵 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 25, 2 PM ET · on the front pages 1.3 daysTrump criticizes Murkowski over ranked choice voting and election laws
- Oct 23, 12 PM ET · on the front pages 4.7 daysAlaska judge fast-tracks DOJ lawsuit over Senate election certification
📰 Spread
each part on the front pages, hour by hour
🧩 The parts
each one opens its own page
1. Trump criticizes Murkowski over ranked choice voting and election laws
Oct 25, 2 PM ET · 8 outlets · on the front pages 1.3 days
“‘DISGRACE!’ Trump Rails Against GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski in Wild Late-Night Post on Hotly-Contested Alaska Senate Race” first: Mediaite, Raw Story
· 🧶 retold by 186
2. Alaska judge fast-tracks DOJ lawsuit over Senate election certification
Oct 23, 12 PM ET · 51 outlets · on the front pages 4.7 days · 🔴 now
“Trump: GOP weighing legal action to remove second Dan Sullivan from Alaska ballot” first: The Washington Times
📺 CNN 162 min, MSNOW 33 min, Fox News 13 min, BBC News 4 min · 📻 29 newscasts · 🧶 retold by 53
🧩 How it's been told
the stories under the saga, day by day, from our motif index (✨ new to the saga that day)
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it, part by part
- Donald Trump is mocking Alaska voters by claiming they do not understand the word 'incumbent' when choosing between the two Sullivans. told by 186 people, on “Trump criticizes Murkowski over ranked choice voting and election laws”
- Voters are not confused because the ballot clearly marks the Republican incumbent. told by 9 people, on “Alaska judge fast-tracks DOJ lawsuit over Senate election certification”
- The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to block Alaska from certifying its Senate election unless the Republican candidate wins. told by 38 people, on “Alaska judge fast-tracks DOJ lawsuit over Senate election certification”
- Stephen Miller is insulting the intelligence of Alaskan voters by claiming they cannot distinguish between candidates on the ballot. told by 6 people, on “Alaska judge fast-tracks DOJ lawsuit over Senate election certification”
🧩 They think you're stupid