🧵 Saga file #89
Trump hosts dinner with Maher, Smith, and Kid Rock
Oct 17, 11 PM ET to Oct 28, 6 AM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 23outlets carried a part
- 🫏9 · 3 · 10🐘left · center · right
- 10.3 daysrunning so far
- 19 minof TV captions
- 30people retold it online
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- Oct 17, 11 PM ET · on the front pages 1.7 daysTrump hosts dinner with Maher, Smith, and Kid Rock
- Oct 26, 5 AM ET · on the front pages 2 daysTrump attacks Bill Maher in 1,300-word Social media post
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1. Trump hosts dinner with Maher, Smith, and Kid Rock
Oct 17, 11 PM ET · 10 outlets · on the front pages 1.7 days
“Trump Critic Stephen A. Smith Has Dinner at the White House” first: The Washington Sun
2. Trump attacks Bill Maher in 1,300-word Social media post
Oct 26, 5 AM ET · 20 outlets · on the front pages 2 days · 🔴 now
“Bill Maher rejects criticism of second Trump dinner with two-word reply” first: Fox News
📺 CNN 19 min · 🧶 retold by 30
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- Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Bill Maher after the comedian joked about his poll numbers during a White House dinner. told by 30 people, on “Trump attacks Bill Maher in 1,300-word Social media post”