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🗞️ Story file #1171

Trump criticizes ex-lawyer's $50 million contract

Oct 30, 10 AM ET to Nov 2, 7 PM ET

📰 read it at: Raw Story The Bulwark The Daily Beast The New Republic Mediaite New York Times The Independent News Nation Reuters The Hill The Epoch Times New York Post Newsmax

👣 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, 10 AM ETfirst on a front page: The New Republic
  2. Oct 30, 5 PM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
  3. Nov 2, 6 AM ETretold online by 8 people
  4. Nov 2, 9 AM ETpeak: on 10 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 30, 12 PMOct 3112 PMNov 111 AM11 PM11 AM510leftcenterright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 30, 10 AM to Nov 2, 7 PM ET (peak 10), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right
Oct 30Oct 31Nov 111 PMMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Oct 29, 8:01 PM ET: Trump Reportedly ‘Erupted’ After Learning His Former Lawyer Scored $50 Million in Alleged Pardon DealMediaite, Nov 1, 4:01 AM ET: Trump Condemns Ex-Lawyer Alina Habba Mildon Over Alleged $50 Million Pardon Deal: ‘Totally Obnoxious’Mediaite, Nov 1, 12:01 PM ET: Trump’s Public Rebuke of His Ex-Lawyer Alina Habba Mildon Sends Shockwaves: ‘He Was Mad She Didn’t Give Him His Cut’New York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Oct 29, 8:01 PM ET: Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million DealNew York Times, Oct 31, 10:01 PM ET: Trump Calls Former Lawyer’s $50 Million Deal ‘Obnoxious and Outrageous’Raw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Oct 29, 8:01 PM ET: Trump privately ‘erupted’ after Alina Habba’s payday left him ‘angered’: NYTThe Daily BeastThe Daily BeastThe Daily Beast, Oct 30, 7:00 AM ET: Trump’s Blow-Up Over Goon’s Jaw-Dropping $50M Deal Is LeakedThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New Republic, Oct 30, 10:01 AM ET: Trump Lost It at Alina Habba After Learning About Her $50 Million DealThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 30, 10:01 AM ET: Trump ‘erupted’ when he learned of Alina Habba’s $50M pardon-for-pay allegations: reportThe Independent, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: Trump ‘erupted’ over Alina Habba’s $50M pardon-for-pay claims: reportThe BulwarkThe BulwarkThe Bulwark, Oct 30, 2:01 PM ET: Alina Habba’s $50 Million Payday Sends Trump Into a RageThe Bulwark, Oct 30, 2:01 PM ET: Catherine Rampell Alina Habba’s $50 Million Payday Sends Trump Into a Rage A recording from The Bulwark’s live videoReutersReutersReuters, Nov 1, 1:01 AM ET: Trump calls $50 million contract for ex-lawyer Habba Mildon 'not acceptable'NewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Nov 1, 9:01 AM ET: Trump: $50 Million Contract for Ex-Lawyer Habba Mildon 'Not Acceptable'Newsmax, Nov 1, 6:01 PM ET: Trump: $50 Million Contract for Ex-Lawyer 'Not Acceptable'The HillThe HillThe Hill, Nov 1, 7:01 PM ET: Trump calls Alina Habba Mildon’s $50M deal ‘obnoxious’New York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 1, 8:01 PM ET: Trump rips ex-lawyer Alina Habba’s ‘obnoxious’ $50M deal with pardoned banker’s familyNew York Post, Nov 2, 12:01 AM ET: Trump rips ex-lawyer Alina Habba’s ‘obnoxious’ $50M deal with pardoned Venezuelan banker’s familyNews NationNews NationNews Nation, Nov 2, 12:01 AM ET: Trump calls Alina Habba Milton’s $50M deal ‘obnoxious’The Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Nov 2, 9:01 AM ET: Trump Calls Former US Attorney’s $50 Million Contract ‘Unacceptable’📺 TVMSNOW, 5:35 PM ET: NYT: TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF HABBA'S $90M DEALCNN, 8:13 PM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 8:45 PM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 8:47 PM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 8:48 PM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 8:50 PM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 2:12 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 2:13 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 2:40 AM ET: NY TIMES: SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 2:44 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 2:47 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 2:48 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 2:50 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 4:12 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 4:13 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 4:40 AM ET: NY TIMES: SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 4:45 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 4:47 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 4:48 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 4:50 AM ET: NY TIMES' SOURCES SAY TRUMP ERUPTED AFTER LEARNING OF ALINA HABBA'S $50 MILLION DEALCNN, 7:50 AM ET: TRUMP CRITICIZES EX-LAWYER'S $50 MILLION DEAL🧶 online🧶found retold online (the day's report)
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📡 Wire copy

1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word

Newsmax

💬 Quoted

  1. “obnoxious”3
  2. “not acceptable”2
  3. “He Was Mad She Didn't Give Him His Cut”1
  4. “Unacceptable”1
  5. “erupted”1
  6. “Not Acceptable”2
  7. “Obnoxious and Outrageous”2
  8. “Totally Obnoxious”1

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

✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Mediaite (3 wordings): “Trump Reportedly ‘Erupted’ After Learning His Former Lawyer Scored $50 Million in Alleged Pardon Deal” → “Trump’s Public Rebuke of His Ex-Lawyer Alina Habba Mildon Sends Shockwaves: ‘He Was Mad She Didn’t Give Him His Cut’”
  • New York Post (2 wordings): “Trump rips ex-lawyer Alina Habba’s ‘obnoxious’ $50M deal with pardoned banker’s family” → “Trump rips ex-lawyer Alina Habba’s ‘obnoxious’ $50M deal with pardoned Venezuelan banker’s family”
  • New York Times (2 wordings): “Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal” → “Trump Calls Former Lawyer’s $50 Million Deal ‘Obnoxious and Outrageous’”
  • Newsmax (2 wordings): “Trump: $50 Million Contract for Ex-Lawyer Habba Mildon 'Not Acceptable'” → “Trump: $50 Million Contract for Ex-Lawyer 'Not Acceptable'”
  • The Bulwark (2 wordings): “Alina Habba’s $50 Million Payday Sends Trump Into a Rage” → “Catherine Rampell Alina Habba’s $50 Million Payday Sends Trump Into a Rage A recording from The Bulwark’s live video”
  • The Independent (2 wordings): “Trump ‘erupted’ when he learned of Alina Habba’s $50M pardon-for-pay allegations: report” → “Trump ‘erupted’ over Alina Habba’s $50M pardon-for-pay claims: report”
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📡 Broadcast

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📺 On TV

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  1. 🫏 CNN 12 min
  2. 🫏 MSNOW 18 s

📻 On the radio

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  • 🧩 Kleptocracy 🧶 online
    ↔️ its answer: Doesn't need the money
    “Donald Trump is angry about Alina Habba Mildon's $50 million contract because he didn't get his cut of the grift.” and 1 more
  • 🧩 Pay to play 🧶 online
    “Donald Trump is angry that his former attorney Alina Habba received a $50 million deal from a billionaire's family to secure a pardon without him getting a cut.”
  • 🧩 Selling indulgences 🧶 online
    “Donald Trump is angry about Alina Habba Mildon's $50 million contract because he didn't get his cut of the grift.” and 1 more
  • 🧩 Wet his beak 🧶 online
    “Donald Trump is angry about Alina Habba Mildon's $50 million contract because he didn't get his cut of the grift.” and 1 more

🧶 Retold online

  • Donald Trump is angry about Alina Habba Mildon's $50 million contract because he didn't get his cut of the grift. Nov 2: told by 8 people; told before on Oct 31

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