BND - Trump cancels livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution

🗞️ Story file #123

Trump cancels livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution

Oct 5, 9 PM ET to Oct 18, 12 PM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean

69outlets carried it
🫏32 · 13 · 22🐘left · center · right
12.6 dayson the front pages
61front pages at once, at its peak
236 minof TV captions
20radio newscasts
1fact-check
5 of 5parts of a saga

👣 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.

Oct 5, 9 PM ETfirst on a front page: ABC News
Oct 6, 4 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 6, 9 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 15, 7 PM ETpeak: on 61 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 5, 9 PM to Oct 18, 12 PM ET (peak 61), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

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.

📡 wire copy: 5 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Breitbart, Chicago Tribune, Military.com, NBC News, The Washington Times)

📌 linked by aggregators: Real Clear Politics Google News Drudge Report Political Wire

💬 quoted: “will not be streamed” “Very Good and Well Meaning People” “We're not barbaric” “many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die” 2 “aligned” “Screw this decision!” “barbaric” “I wouldn't be watching”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 firing squad execution

✏️ 55 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (14 wordings): “Pentagon to execute convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad” → “Trump cancels Hasan execution livestream”
AP (2 wordings): “Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Ford Hood shooter’s execution” → “Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter”
Axios (3 wordings): “JD Vance says he won't watch livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter” → “Trump says Fort Hood shooter's execution will not be livestreamed”
BBC (14 wordings): “Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad, in first since World War Two” → “Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad”
Bloomberg (5 wordings): “Hegseth Vows Public Firing-Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a former Army major who killed 13 people in a mass shooting in 2009, would be visible to the public.” → “Trump Rejects Hegseth’s Bid to Stream Firing Squad Execution”
Breitbart (11 wordings): “Fort Hood Attacker Nidal Hasan to Be Executed by Firing Squad” → “Trump: Pentagon Won’t Livestream Execution of Fort Hood Terrorist”
CBS News (11 wordings): “Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed by firing squad, Pentagon says” → “Trump calls off plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution”
CNBC (2 wordings): “Pentagon says Trump approves Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan” → “Trump says Nidal Hasan execution won't be livestreamed”
CNN (5 wordings): “Pete Hegseth vows to make first firing squad execution in decades ‘public’” → “Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution”
Financial Times (4 wordings): “Pentagon to livestream execution of former soldier by firing squad” → “Trump cancels Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution after backlash”
Forbes (3 wordings): “Hegseth Says Fort Hood Shooter’s ‘Public’ Execution Will Be Livestreamed” → “Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Not Be Livestreamed, Trump Says”
Fox News (10 wordings): “Firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass murderer to be livestreamed” → “Americans back Trump's decision against livestreaming Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution”
HuffPost (8 wordings): “Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution For Fort Hood Shooter” → “Trump Says Execution Of Fort Hood Shooter Won't Be Livestreamed”
Independent Journal Review (3 wordings): “Trump approves firing squad for Fort Hood shooter Hasan” → “Trump Reverses Hegseth Plan to Livestream Hasan Firing Squad Execution”
Just the News (7 wordings): “Pentagon says Trump has approved death by Army firing squad for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan” → “Pentagon confirms Hegseth is 'aligned' with Trump's decision nixing Fort Hood execution livestream”
Mediaite (8 wordings): “Trump Approves Execution by Firing Squad for Fort Hood Massacre Shooter” → “JUST IN: Trump Reveals Decision on Whether Fort Hood Gunman’s Execution Will Be Live Streamed”
Military.com (11 wordings): “Trump, Hegseth Clear Way for First Army Firing Squad Execution Since 1945 Read More” → “Trump Says Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan's Execution Will Not Be Livestreamed”
NBC News (12 wordings): “Ex-Army major who killed 13 at Fort Hood set to be executed by firing squad” → “White House overrules Pete Hegseth again, this time on livestreaming execution”
NPR (2 wordings): “Trump approved the military's 1st firing squad execution since WWII. Why now?” → “Trump cancels public execution, but a line may already have been crossed”
New York Post (12 wordings): “Trump approves firing squad for Fort Hood killer’s execution after Pete Hegseth’s recommendation” → “Trump praised by Fort Hood survivors for scrapping ‘barbaric’ Nidal Hasan execution livestream”
New York Times (9 wordings): “Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says” → “Many Figures Opposed Hegseth’s Plan to Livestream Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution”
News Nation (6 wordings): “Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan” → “Trump says US will not livestream execution of Nidal Hasan”
Newsmax (14 wordings): “Trump OKs Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter” → “Trump: Hasan Execution Won't Be Livestreamed”
Newsweek (7 wordings): “Who Is Nidal Hasan? Trump Green-Lights Firing Squad for Fort Hood Shooter” → “Latest Donald Trump Rejects Pete Hegseth’s Livestream Execution Plan”
One America News Network (4 wordings): “Pentagon: Trump approves death by firing squad for Fort Hood terrorist” → “Trump: Fort Hood terrorist’s firing squad execution won’t be livestreamed, as ‘many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die’”
PBS NewsHour (3 wordings): “WATCH: Vance says he's 'not going to be watching' livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution” → “News Wrap: Trump says Fort Hood shooter's execution will not be livestreamed”
PJ Media (5 wordings): “Trump Approves Firing Squad for the Fort Hood Terrorist” → “Mustn’t-See TV: Trump Cancels Livestream of Fort Hood Killer Execution”
Punchbowl News (3 wordings): “Hill pushes back on planned execution livestream Lawmakers from both parties are denouncing the Pentagon’s plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. defense Policy” → “GOP welcomes Donald Trump’s cancellation of execution livestream defense Policy”
Raw Story (2 wordings): “Hegseth humiliated as Trump pulls plug on his livestream execution” → “'Screw this decision!' MAGA fans furious at Trump for canceling firing squad livestream”
Red State (8 wordings): “Firing Squad, It Is: Trump Approves the Execution for An Enemy of the United States Kyle Becker” → “Was Trump Right to Cancel the Hasan Execution Live Stream?”
Reuters (11 wordings): “Trump orders firing squad for gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas” → “Hegseth's TV instincts backfire as Trump rejects execution livestream”
Rolling Stone (2 wordings): “The Pentagon Is Going to Livestream a Firing Squad Execution” → “Trump Says Execution of Fort Hood Shooter by Firing Squad Will Not Be Livestreamed 4 hours ago”
Scripps News (2 wordings): “U.S. News Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed AP via Scripps News Group” → “The Trump Presidency Trump says execution of Fort Hood mass shooter will not be live-streamed Justin Boggs”
Straight Arrow News (4 wordings): “Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass shooter: Pentagon” → “Trump says Pentagon won’t livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution”
The Blaze (4 wordings): “Pete Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood terrorist will be PUBLIC — here's how” → “First livestream of execution by firing squad might be scrapped — Trump and Vance aren't won over. UPDATE: It's been scrapped.”
The Daily Beast (3 wordings): “Fort Hood Survivor Slams Pete Hegseth’s Live Execution Plan” → “Trump Throws Hegseth to Wolves in Embarrassing Execution Retreat”
The Daily Caller (5 wordings): “Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution For Jihadist Fort Hood Shooter” → “Trump Says Fort Hood Terrorist Execution Will Not Be Livestreamed”
The Daily Kos (3 wordings): “Hegseth thinks a firing squad execution is entertainment” → “Vance tries to walk back planned execution livestream”
The Daily Wire (5 wordings): “Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution Of Fort Hood Muslim Terrorist” → “Trump Lays Out Why He’s Canceling Plans To Live-Stream Terrorist Execution”
The Epoch Times (6 wordings): “Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Hasan” → “Trump Says Fort Hood Mass Shooter’s Execution Won’t Be Live Streamed”
The Gateway Pundit (7 wordings): “BREAKING: President Trump Approves Execution by US Army Firing Squad for Fort Hood Jihadist Nidal Hasan” → “BREAKING: Trump Announces Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan’s Execution Will NOT be Livestreamed”
The Guardian (10 wordings): “Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says” → “Lawmakers from both parties welcome Trump’s decision to cancel livestream of firing squad execution”
The Hill (14 wordings): “Trump approves death by firing squad for convicted terrorist” → “Trump cancels livestream execution for Fort Hood shooter”
The Independent (8 wordings): “Trump orders military base mass shooter to be executed by firing squad” → “Trump makes decision on livestreaming Fort Hood shooter’s execution”
The New Republic (6 wordings): “Hegseth Wants Public to Watch First Firing Squad Execution Since WWII” → “Trump Calls Off Livestream of Firing Squad Execution After Backlash”
The Post Millennial (2 wordings): “Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan who killed 13 in mass shooting while yelling 'Allahu Akbar'” → “BREAKING: Army sets Dec. 3 firing squad execution for Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan”
The Sun (8 wordings): “EXECUTION ORDER Terrorist to be executed by firing squad on Trump’s orders after killing 13 A US serviceman who shouted "Allahu Akbar" before gunning down dozens at an army base will face a firing squad.” → “EXECUTION TWIST Trump says terrorist's firing squad execution will NOT be livestreamed”
The Wall Street Journal (4 wordings): “Trump Approves Plan to Put Fort Hood Shooter to Death by Firing Squad” → “Trump Cancels Plans to Livestream Execution of Fort Hood Shooter”
The Washington Sun (5 wordings): “Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter” → “Trump Overrules Hegseth's Plans for a Livestreamed Execution”
The Washington Times (7 wordings): “Trump approves firing-squad execution for Fort Hood jihadi shooter Nidal Hasan” → “Trump, after bipartisan backlash, cancels livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter”
The Western Journal (2 wordings): “Trump Okays Execution of Muslim Fort Hood Shooter Who Killed 13 People in 2009, Method Will Be Fitting” → “Trump Cancels Livestream of Fort Hood Terrorist's Execution for the Sake of 'Very Good and Well Meaning People'”
Townhall (12 wordings): “Fort Hood Terrorist Nidal Hasan Will Be Executed. Here's What We Know.” → “Trump Scraps Livestream for Nidal Hasan Execution”
USA Today (5 wordings): “Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass shooter” → “Trump: Pentagon must cancel plans to livestream Fort Hood execution”
Washington Examiner (14 wordings): “Trump approves firing squad execution of 2009 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan” → “Trump nixes Hegseth plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution”
Yahoo News (12 wordings): “Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan” → “'We're not barbaric': Fort Hood survivor backs Trump's execution livestream reversal”