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πŸ—žοΈ Story file #1032

At least 60 Christians killed in Ethiopia attack

Oct 27, 4 PM ET to Oct 28, 6 AM ET

πŸ‘£ How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

  1. Oct 27, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: Breitbart
  2. Oct 27, 9 PM ETpeak: on 7 front pages

πŸ“° Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 27, 6 PM8 PM10 PMOct 282 AM4 AM6 AM47centerright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 27, 4 PM to Oct 28, 6 AM ET (peak 7), by the outlets' lean: center Β· right
Oct 26, 6 PMOct 276 AM12 PM6 PMOct 286 AMBBCBBCBBC, Oct 26, 1:00 PM ET: More than 60 Christians killed in Ethiopia 'massacre', church official saysTownhallTownhallTownhall, Oct 26, 7:00 PM ET: More Than 60 Christians Killed in Apparent Islamic Terror Attack in EthiopiaTownhall, Oct 27, 3:00 AM ET: Terrorism More Than 60 Christians Killed in Apparent Islamic Terror Attack in Ethiopia Joe ChalfantReutersReutersReuters, Oct 27, 5:00 AM ET: Attackers kill 60 people in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Oromiya region, Orthodox church saysThe Western JournalThe Western JournalThe Western Journal, Oct 27, 9:00 AM ET: 60 Christians Slaughtered in Ethiopia in Latest Massacre, Children Reported DeadNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 27, 11:00 AM ET: Attacks Kill at Least 60 Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, Church SaysBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 27, 4:00 PM ET: Homes Burned and 60 Christians Killed by Armed Attackers in EthiopiaThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Oct 27, 9:00 PM ET: 60 Christians Murdered in Ethiopia Amid Years of Targeted Attacks
Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

πŸ’¬ quoted: β€œmassacre”

✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Townhall (2 wordings): β€œMore Than 60 Christians Killed in Apparent Islamic Terror Attack in Ethiopia” β†’ β€œTerrorism More Than 60 Christians Killed in Apparent Islamic Terror Attack in Ethiopia Joe Chalfant”
Every outlet's first headline (7), left to right by AllSides rating

πŸ“‘ Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

πŸŽ™οΈ Shows, investigators, satire

πŸŽ™οΈ πŸ“Ί Ben Shapiro πŸŽ™οΈ Morning Wire

🧢 Retelling

what people online made of it

πŸ¦— Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

πŸ—£οΈ names in it: Ethiopia Orthodox Church Oromiya Region Christians Armed Attackers

πŸ”Ž Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧡 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.