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🗞️ Story file #1041

Pat McAfee says he felt unsafe during College GameDay visit after Utah video mocked him

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

👣 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, 6 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Hill
  2. Oct 27, 10 PM ETpeak: on 7 front pages

📰 Spread

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Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 27, 6 PM to Oct 28, 6 AM ET (peak 7), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right
Oct 27, 12 PM6 PMOct 286 AMFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Oct 27, 6:00 AM ET: Pat McAfee invokes Charlie Kirk killing as Utah post sparks 'uncomfortable' 'GameDay' visitLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times, Oct 27, 1:00 PM ET: ‘I hate this place’: Pat McAfee said he felt unsafe on ‘College GameDay’ after a Utah video mocked his anticsScripps NewsScripps NewsScripps News, Oct 27, 2:00 PM ET: Sports Pat McAfee claims Utah made him 'uncomfortable' ahead of GameDay appearance Scripps News GroupNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 27, 2:00 PM ET: The deleted 'College GameDay' video that fueled Pat McAfee's Utah angerNBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Oct 27, 5:00 PM ET: University of Utah apologizes to Pat McAfee after students mock the ESPN hostThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 27, 6:00 PM ET: ESPN’s Pat McAfee blasted for comparing himself to Charlie KirkBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 27, 10:00 PM ET: ESPN’s Pat McAfee Invokes Charlie Kirk Assassination After Video of Utah Students Mocking Him
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💬 quoted: “College GameDay” 3 “uncomfortable” 2 “I hate this place”

Every outlet's first headline (7), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

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🧶 Retelling

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🗣️ names in it: Pat McAfee University of Utah College GameDay ESPN Utah Charlie Kirk

🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

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