Trump designates Oval Office as national monument

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Trump designates Oval Office as national monument

Nov 5, 6 PM ET to Nov 6, 3 PM ET

30outlets carried it
🫏12 · 6 · 12🐘left · center · right
21 hourson the front pages
30front pages at once, at its peak
2 minof TV captions
4radio newscasts

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Nov 5, 6 PM ETfirst on a front page: CNN
Nov 5, 10 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Nov 6, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
Nov 6, 3 PM ETpeak: on 30 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Nov 5, 6 PM to Nov 6, 3 PM ET (peak 30), 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.

📡 Wire copy

1 outlet ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word

Chicago Tribune

💬 Quoted

“national monument”1
“Ripped Down by Stupid People”1

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

2 Google News · Political Wire

aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)

✏️ 10 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

BBC (2 wordings): “Trump signs order preventing future presidents from changing Oval Office” → “Trump signs order to preserve Oval Office as national monument”
CNN (2 wordings): “Trump says he’s declaring Oval Office and Cabinet Room national landmarks to prevent future changes” → “Trump says he’s declaring Oval Office and Cabinet Room national landmarks to prevent future changes The president has put his distinctive imprint on the two White House spaces”
Fox News (2 wordings): “Trump signs proclamation preventing changes to certain parts of White House” → “Trump signs proclamation to prevent changes to certain parts of White House”
New York Post (2 wordings): “Trump signs proclamation to keep Oval Office from becoming a square — but fate of prez’s gilded remodel up in the air” → “Trump proclamation names Oval Office a landmark — but fate of prez’s gilded remodel up in the air”
Newsmax (2 wordings): “Trump Protects Oval Office, Cabinet Room” → “Trump Proclamation Protects Oval Office, Cabinet Room”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Trump Declares Oval Office National Monument to Limit Future Changes” → “How Trump Transformed the Oval Office as He Declares it a National Monument”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Trump says Oval Office to become national monument” → “Trump takes action to make sure the Oval Office stays oval”
The Hill (2 wordings): “Trump seeks national monument status for iconic White House rooms” → “Trump signs proclamation making Oval Office, Cabinet Room national monument”
The Independent (2 wordings): “Trump tries to prevent anyone from changing his gold-covered Oval Office by declaring it a landmark” → “Donald Trump is trying to rush his gaudiest monuments into Washington”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “Trump moves to stop future presidents from changing his White House makeover” → “Trump moves to restrict future changes to the Oval Office, but his order has limits”

📰 Every outlet's headline 30left to right by AllSides rating

New York Magazine🕒 Nov 6, 3 PM ET Is Trump Trying to Save the Oval Office From Himself? His national monument proclamation aims to keep presidents from destroying the entire structure — which is something only he would do.
The Guardian🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump signs proclamation to try to prevent changes to gold-covered Oval Office
ABC News🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump moves to make Oval Office a national monument to prevent future major changes
AP🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump makes the Oval Office a national monument. But future presidents can still redecorate
CBS News🕒 Nov 6, 12 AM ET Trump signs proclamation declaring Oval Office a national monument
CNN🕒 Nov 5, 6 PM ET Trump says he’s declaring Oval Office and Cabinet Room national landmarks to prevent future changes
New York Times🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump Moves to Make Oval Office a National Monument
PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 5, 5 PM ET Trump signs proclamation he says will prevent future changes to Oval Office and Cabinet Room
The Independent🕒 Nov 5, 5 PM ET Trump tries to prevent anyone from changing his gold-covered Oval Office by declaring it a landmark
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 5, 9 PM ET Trump wants Oval Office declared a national monument
USA Today🕒 Nov 5, 7 PM ET Trump declares Oval Office a national monument to protect from changes
Yahoo News🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump moves to stop future presidents from changing his White House makeover
BBC🕒 Nov 5, 9 PM ET Trump signs order preventing future presidents from changing Oval Office
Chicago Tribune🕒 Nov 5, 11 PM ET President Trump makes the Oval Office a national monument. But future presidents can still redecorate.
Newsweek🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump Declares Oval Office National Monument to Limit Future Changes
Reuters🕒 Nov 5, 5 PM ET Trump says Oval Office to become national monument
Scripps News🕒 Nov 5, 9 PM ET Trump signs proclamation making the Oval Office a national monument
The Hill🕒 Nov 5, 7 PM ET Trump seeks national monument status for iconic White House rooms
Just the News🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET President Trump signs proclamation designating the Oval Office as a National Monument
The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 5, 10 PM ET Trump Proclaims Oval Office, Cabinet Room as National Monuments
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 5, 6 PM ET Trump declares Oval Office a National Monument to protect renovations
Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 6, 10 AM ET Trump signs proclamation to declare Oval Office a ‘national monument’
Breitbart🕒 Nov 6, 1 PM ET Trump Signs Proclamation Protecting the Oval Office as a National Monument
Fox News🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump signs proclamation preventing changes to certain parts of White House
IJR🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump signs order designating Oval Office and Cabinet Room landmarks
New York Post🕒 Nov 5, 6 PM ET Trump signs proclamation to keep Oval Office from becoming a square — but fate of prez’s gilded remodel up in the air
Newsmax🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump Protects Oval Office, Cabinet Room
The Gateway Pundit🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump Signs Proclamation Establishing the Oval Office as a National Monument to Prevent it from Being “Ripped Down by Stupid People” (VIDEO)
The National Desk🕒 Nov 6, 10 AM ET Oval Office designated a national monument under Trump proclamation
Townhall🕒 Nov 5, 6 PM ET Trump Turns Oval Office Into a National Landmark

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🐘 Erick Erickson 1

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🃏 The Onion 1

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

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what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

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Trump designates Oval Office as national monument

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