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🗞️ Story file #1161

Abdul El-Sayed and Stevens make joint appearance in Michigan Senate race

Oct 30, 12 AM ET to Oct 30, 7 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

👣 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 30, 12 AM ETfirst on a front page: The National Desk
  2. Oct 30, 1 AM ETpeak: on 10 front pages
  3. Oct 30, 1 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 30, 2 AM4 AM6 AM510leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 30, 12 AM to Oct 30, 7 AM ET (peak 10), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 29, 6 AM12 PM6 PMOct 306 AMReutersReutersReuters, Oct 28, 11:00 AM ET: Michigan Senate race a test of attacks on Muslim candidate, progressive agendaTownhallTownhallTownhall, Oct 28, 11:00 AM ET: This 'Stand With Abdul Against Israel' Text Is Raising Eyebrows in the Michigan Senate RaceCNNCNNCNN, Oct 28, 12:00 PM ET: Tensions linger between Abdul El-Sayed and his former rival in Michigan’s Senate raceCNN, Oct 30, 1:00 AM ET: Analysis The deeper question raised by the anti-Muslim attacks in Michigan’s Senate race The Republican argument against electing Abdul El-Sayed as a senator is becoming perilously close to ‘don’t vote for him because he’s a Muslim’CNN, Oct 30, 5:01 AM ET: Analysis The deeper question raised by the anti-Muslim attacks in Michigan’s Senate raceNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Oct 29, 12:01 AM ET: In Michigan, El-Sayed Faces Heat From Former Primary Rival as Election NearsYahoo NewsYahoo NewsYahoo News, Oct 29, 7:00 PM ET: Who is Abdul El-Sayed? A guide to the Michigan Democrat in one of the midterms’ biggest Senate racesThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 29, 9:01 PM ET: El-Sayed and Stevens to Make Rare Joint Appearance in Michigan Senate RaceAPAPAP, Oct 29, 9:01 PM ET: El-Sayed and Stevens to make rare joint appearance as Democrats seek unity in Michigan Senate raceThe National DeskThe National DeskThe National Desk, Oct 30, 12:00 AM ET: Scrutiny grows over Abdul El-Sayed’s faith & family as Michigan Senate race intensifiesHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 30, 1:00 AM ET: El-Sayed And Stevens To Make Rare Joint Appearance As Democrats Seek Unity In Michigan Senate RaceThe Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post, Oct 30, 1:00 AM ET: Joint Michigan event aims to heal Democratic rifts in key Senate campaign📺 TVFox News, 1:05 AM ET: GOP ZEROES IN ON TALARICO & EL-SAYEDCNN, 1:09 AM ET: EL-SAYED: MY NAME, FAITH ARE NOT WHY YOU CAN'T AFFORD GAS, FOODCNN, 1:09 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADING ROGERS IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACECNN, 1:10 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADING ROGERS IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACECNN, 1:10 AM ET: EL-SAYED: MY NAME, FAITH ARE NOT WHY YOU CAN'T AFFORD GAS, FOODCNN, 1:10 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADING ROGERS IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACE. Dina Doll | MeidasTouch Legal AnalystCNN, 1:11 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADING ROGERS IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACE. Dina Doll | MeidasTouch Legal AnalystCNN, 1:11 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADING ROGERS IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACECNN, 1:12 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADING ROGERS IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACEMSNOW, 2:02 AM ET: MAINE SENATE RACECNN, 2:25 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADCNN, 2:25 AM ET: EL-SAYED: "WE'RE GOING TO RUN LIKE WE'RE 10 POINTS DOWN"CNN, 2:25 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADFox News, 2:25 AM ET: EL-SAYED'S RADICAL AGENDA TAKES CENTER STAGEFox News, 2:25 AM ET: EL-SAYED CONTEMPLATES THE TASTING NOTES OF APPLESFox News, 2:26 AM ET: EL-SAYED'S RADICAL AGENDA TAKES CENTER STAGECNN, 2:26 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADCNN, 2:26 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADS ROGERS 49% TO 42% IN MI SENATE RACECNN, 2:26 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADS 51% TO 32% AMONG MICHIGAN INDEPENDENTSCNN, 2:26 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADCNN, 2:26 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADCNN, 2:27 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADFox News, 2:27 AM ET: EL-SAYED PLAYS THE BLAME GAMEFox News, 2:27 AM ET: EL-SAYED PLAYS THE BLAME GAMEFox News, 2:28 AM ET: EL-SAYED PLAYS THE BLAME GAMEMSNOW, 2:38 AM ET: MAINE SENATE RACECNN, 4:25 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADCNN, 4:25 AM ET: EL-SAYED: "WE'RE GOING TO RUN LIKE WE'RE 10 POINTS DOWN"CNN, 4:25 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADCNN, 4:26 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADCNN, 4:26 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADS ROGERS 49% TO 42% IN MI SENATE RACECNN, 4:26 AM ET: CNN POLL: EL-SAYED LEADS 51% TO 32% AMONG MICHIGAN INDEPENDENTSCNN, 4:26 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADCNN, 4:27 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGNS IN MI AS CNN POLL SHOWS HE HOLDS NARROW LEADFox News, 4:36 AM ET: ROGERS CLAIMS DEMOCRATS ABANDONING EL-SAYEDFox News, 4:37 AM ET: ROGERS TOUTS DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT IN SENATE RACECNN, 5:06 AM ET: Michigan senate Dem Candidate: "We're Going To Run Like We're 10 Points Down"
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, and a headline swapped for a new one between our hourly looks runs on to it. A gap means a look found the story gone from that front page. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 Wire copy

2 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word

HuffPost, The Washington Sun

💬 Quoted

  1. “don't vote for him because he's a Muslim”1
  2. “Stand With Abdul Against Israel”1

phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did

✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • CNN (3 wordings): “Tensions linger between Abdul El-Sayed and his former rival in Michigan’s Senate race” → “Analysis The deeper question raised by the anti-Muslim attacks in Michigan’s Senate race”
Every outlet's first headline (10), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

minutes its captions were on screen, by channel; the disc is the network's lean

  1. 🫏 CNN 13 min
  2. 🐘 Fox News 5 min
  3. 🫏 MSNOW 35 s

📻 On the radio

hourly newscasts that carried it, by show; beside the count, how often it was the lead story, or the highest it came in the running order

📻🤷 No radio newscast matched to it.

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

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

🗣️ Names in it

Abdul El-SayedMichiganMichigan SenateStevens

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Michigan Senate race

  1. Obama campaigns for El-Sayed in Detroit

    Oct 25, 8 AM ET

  2. Fiancé of michigan Democrat supports Republican senate candidate

    Oct 29, 12 PM ET

  3. Abdul El-Sayed and Stevens make joint appearance in Michigan Senate race (this story)

    Oct 30, 12 AM ET