Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault

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Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault

Nov 5, 10 AM ET to Nov 5, 2 PM ET

34outlets carried it
🫏15 · 5 · 14🐘left · center · right
4 hourson the front pages
34front pages at once, at its peak
40 minof TV captions
3radio newscasts
3 of 3parts of a saga

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Nov 5, 10 AM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Nov 5, 10 AM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Nov 5, 11 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Nov 5, 2 PM ETpeak: on 34 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Nov 5, 10 AM to Nov 5, 2 PM ET (peak 34), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

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.

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“You f--ked it”1

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✏️ 7 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Breitbart (2 wordings): “Russell Brand Found Guilty” → “UK Court Finds Russell Brand Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault”
Independent Journal Review (2 wordings): “Russell Brand convicted of rape, sexual assault” → “Russell Brand Convicted of Rape, Sexual Assault”
New York Post (2 wordings): “A jury in London on Thursday convicted Russell Brand of rape and sexual assault.” → “Russell Brand’s lawyer lashes out at journalist after comedian is found guilty of rape: ‘You f–ked it’ up”
New York Times (2 wordings): “Russell Brand Is Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault” → “Timeline: How Russell Brand Went From Comedy Star to Convicted Rapist”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Comedian Russell Brand found guilty by UK court of rape and sexual assaults” → “Comedian Russell Brand found guilty by UK court of rape and sexual assaults - Reuters”
The Independent (2 wordings): “Comedian Russell Brand guilty of rape and sexual assault in UK court” → “‘Predatory’ comedian Russell Brand told he faces long prison sentence after rape conviction”
USA Today (2 wordings): “Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault after bombshell UK trial” → “Russell Brand found guilty of rape, sexual assault after bombshell trial”

📰 Every outlet's headline 34left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand Has Been Convicted Of Rape And Sexual Assault
Raw Story🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Hollywood star turned MAGA pundit Russell Brand convicted of rape: report
Rolling Stone🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand Found Guilty in Rape Trial
The Daily Beast🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault
The Guardian🕒 Nov 5, 2 PM ET The downfall of Russell Brand: from Big Brother and Hollywood to convicted rapist
ABC News🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand found guilty in UK rape, sexual assault trial
CNN🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Actor and comedian Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault
Los Angeles Times🕒 Nov 5, 12 PM ET Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault in U.K. trial
Mediaite🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET BREAKING: Comedian Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape, Sex Assault
NPR🕒 Nov 5, 12 PM ET Russell Brand is convicted of rape, and judge says he'll get a prison term
New York Times🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand Is Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault
The Independent🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Comedian Russell Brand guilty of rape and sexual assault in UK court
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 5, 2 PM ET Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault in London trial
USA Today🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault after bombshell UK trial
Yahoo News🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault charges
Newsweek🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape
Reuters🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Comedian Russell Brand found guilty by UK court of rape and sexual assaults
Scripps News🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand convicted on rape, sexual assault charges
Straight Arrow News🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russel Brand found guilty of rape, sexual assault in London court
WSJ🕒 Nov 5, 11 AM ET Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape, Sexual Assault Charges
Just the News🕒 Nov 5, 11 AM ET Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault in UK
The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 5, 2 PM ET Comedian and Actor Russell Brand Pleads Not Guilty to Rape and Sexual Assault
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET British jury convicts Russell Brand of rape, sexual assault
Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 5, 11 AM ET UK court convicts Russell Brand of rape and sexual assault
Breitbart🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand Found Guilty
Fox News🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand learns fate in rape, sexual assault trial as jury reaches verdict
IJR🕒 Nov 5, 1 PM ET Russell Brand convicted of rape, sexual assault
New York Post🕒 Nov 5, 11 AM ET A jury in London on Thursday convicted Russell Brand of rape and sexual assault.
Newsmax🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape, Sexual Assault
The Blaze🕒 Nov 5, 2 PM ET Russell Brand found GUILTY of rape and sexual assault
The Daily Wire🕒 Nov 5, 11 AM ET Russell Brand Convicted Of Rape, Sexual Assault
The National Desk🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault
The Post Millennial🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET BREAKING: Russell Brand found guilty of 1 count of rape, 3 counts of sexual assault in UK
The Western Journal🕒 Nov 5, 11 AM ET Breaking: UK Court Convicts Russell Brand of Rape, Star is Headed to Prison

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

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⚖️ BBC News 40 min

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podcasts, newsletters and streams that talked about it, by show; the bar is episodes; the disc is the show's lean by reputation

🐘 The Megyn Kelly Show 1

🕵️ investigative reporting on it and 🃏 satire joking about it (jokes, never counted as coverage); the bar is pieces

🕵️🤷 No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.

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

Russell Brand

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Russell Brand rape trial

Russell Brand testifies in rape and sexual assault trial
Oct 28, 10 AM ET
Jury begins deliberations in Russell Brand's rape trial
Nov 3, 4 PM ET
Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault (this story)
Nov 5, 10 AM ET

Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault

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🧵 Russell Brand rape trial