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Stock markets decline after midterm elections

Nov 5, 8 PM ET to Nov 6, 5 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

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  1. Nov 5, 8 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
  2. Nov 6, 1 AM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
  3. Nov 6, 9 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
  4. Nov 6, 5 PM ETpeak: on 20 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Nov 66 AM12 PM817leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Nov 5, 8 PM to Nov 6, 5 PM ET (peak 17), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Nov 512 PMNov 612 PMFortuneFortuneFortune, Nov 4, 8:01 AM ET: Stock markets celebrate a ‘stunning rebuke’: Trump says he will accept midterm losses—but don’t expect defeat to change himJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Nov 4, 3:01 PM ET: Trump touts stock market surge after midterm lossesJust the News, Nov 6, 10:01 AM ET: 'You only have yourselves to blame': Trump on stock market fallRaw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Nov 5, 8:01 PM ET: Trump rages over election night market plunge: ‘Such a sad thing to watch!’ForbesForbesForbes, Nov 5, 8:01 PM ET: Trump Blames Massive Stock Market Selloff On Democrats’ Midterm SuccessAxiosAxiosAxios, Nov 5, 8:01 PM ET: Trump says voters should blame themselves for stock market routHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Nov 5, 8:01 PM ET: Trump Blames Dems For Stock Market Drop: ‘Such A Sad Thing To Watch!’BloombergBloombergBloomberg, Nov 5, 8:01 PM ET: Trump Points Finger at Democrats Over Massive Market LossesThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Nov 5, 9:01 PM ET: Trump Blames Stock Market Losses on Voters: ‘You Only Have Yourselves to Blame’Fox BusinessFox BusinessFox Business, Nov 5, 9:01 PM ET: Trump blames Democrats for stock market plunge after sweeping midterm victoriesFox Business, Nov 6, 9:01 AM ET: 'Such a sad thing to watch': President Trump reacts to massive market sell-offThe National DeskThe National DeskThe National Desk, Nov 5, 9:01 PM ET: Trump blames 'Dumocrats' for stock market slide following midterm resultsThe National Desk, Nov 6, 5:01 PM ET: Trump says he’s open to working with Democrats, but blames them for market turmoilNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Nov 5, 9:01 PM ET: Trump Blames Democrats for Stock Market PlungeNewsmax, Nov 5, 10:01 PM ET: Trump Blames Dems for Stock Market PlungeThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Nov 5, 10:01 PM ET: Trump (correctly) points finger at Democrats for stock market plunge during blue tsunami: Live updatesThe Independent, Nov 6, 12:02 AM ET: Trump (correctly) points finger at Democrats for stock market plunge during blue tsunamiThe Independent, Nov 6, 6:01 AM ET: Trump tells voters ‘you only have yourselves to blame’ in Truth Social rant after stock market crashThe Independent, Nov 6, 7:01 AM ET: Trump blames stock market nose-dive on Dems’ midterm victoriesThe Independent, Nov 6, 9:01 AM ET: Trump tells voters ‘you only have yourselves to blame’ in Truth Social rant after stock market slumpThe Independent, Nov 6, 11:01 AM ET: Wall Street settles after Trump blames post-election stock slump on votersReutersReutersReuters, Nov 5, 11:01 PM ET: Analysts and investors react to AI market routMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Nov 5, 11:01 PM ET: Trump Blames Voters For Stock Market Rout, Day After Taking Credit For BounceNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 5, 11:01 PM ET: Trump pins US stock market plunge on Democrats wiping out GOP in midterms: ‘Sad thing to watch!’New York Post, Nov 6, 8:01 AM ET: Money shot Trump pins US stock market plunge on Democrats wiping out GOP in midterms: ‘Sad thing to watch!’NBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Nov 6, 4:01 AM ET: Global market rout deepens after midtermsWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Nov 6, 8:01 AM ET: Trump tells voters ‘you only have yourselves to blame’ for market ‘crash’The Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Nov 6, 2:01 PM ET: Trump Blames Democrats’ Midterm Victory for Stock Market Losses📺 TVBBC News, 1:45 AM ET: Brent crude price fell, with Trump weakenedBBC News, 1:46 AM ET: Brent crude price fell, with Trump weakenedFox News, 8:01 AM ET: STOCKS SUFFER WORST DAY SINCE APRIL 2025BBC News, 9:31 AM ET: Wall Street calmer after tech sell-offBBC News, 9:32 AM ET: Wall Street calmer after tech sell-offFox News, 9:35 AM ET: NOW STOCKS RESUME TRADING AFTER TECH SELL-OFFMSNOW, 9:35 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFMSNOW, 9:35 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFMSNOW, 9:35 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFBBC News, 9:33 AM ET: Wall Street calmer after tech sell-offMSNOW, 9:36 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFFox News, 9:37 AM ET: NOW STOCKS RESUME TRADING AFTER TECH SELL-OFFMSNOW, 9:37 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFMSNOW, 9:37 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFMSNOW, 9:37 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFMSNOW, 9:38 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFMSNOW, 9:38 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFMSNOW, 9:40 AM ET: MARKETS OPEN ON WALL STREET AFTER BRUTAL TECH SELL OFFBBC News, 10:00 AM ET: Tech stockstankBBC News, 10:30 AM ET: Tech stocks tankFox News, 11:01 AM ET: WATCHING MARKETS AFTER YESTERDAY'S HISTORICl CHANGEFox News, 11:01 AM ET: WATCHING MARKETS AFTER YESTERDAY'S HISTORICl CHANGEFox News, 11:02 AM ET: TRUMP POINTS FINGER AT DEMOCRATS FOR MARKET PLUNGEFox News, 11:02 AM ET: TRUMP: STOCK MARKET SUFFERED ONE OF THE WORST DAYS IN HISTORY BASED ON RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONFox News, 11:03 AM ET: TRUMP ON MARKET SLIDE: SUCH A SAD THING TO WATCHFox News, 11:05 AM ET: RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS HIT HARD IN MARKET TUMBLEFox News, 11:06 AM ET: RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS HIT HARD IN MARKET TUMBLEBBC News, 11:04 AM ET: Global tech stocks plunge after US midtermsBBC News, 11:05 AM ET: Global tech stocks plunge after US midtermsBBC News, 11:06 AM ET: Global tech stocks plunge after US midtermsBBC News, 11:09 AM ET: Global tech stocks plunge after US midtermsFox News, 12:38 PM ET: WALL STREET RALLIES AFTER MASSIVE SELL-OFFFox News, 12:39 PM ET: WALL STREET RALLIES AFTER MASSIVE SELL-OFFFox News, 12:39 PM ET: WALL STREET RALLIES AFTER MASSIVE SELL-OFFFox News, 1:01 PM ET: NOW: MARKETS REACT AFTER MIDTERMS, JOBS REPORTFox News, 1:05 PM ET: NOW: MARKETS REACT AFTER MIDTERMS, JOBS REPORTFox News, 1:05 PM ET: NOW: MARKETS REACT AFTER MIDTERMS, JOBS REPORTFox News, 1:06 PM ET: NOW: MARKETS REACT AFTER MIDTERMS, JOBS REPORTFox News, 1:06 PM ET: NOW: MARKETS REACT AFTER MIDTERMS, JOBS REPORTBBC News, 1:06 PM ET: Global tech stocks plunge after US midtermsBBC News, 1:07 PM ET: Global tech stocks plunge after US midtermsBBC News, 1:09 PM ET: Global tech stocks plunge after US midtermsBBC News, 1:10 PM ET: Global tech stocks plunge after US midtermsBBC News, 3:00 PM ET: Stock markets turmoilBBC News, 3:01 PM ET: Stock markets turmoil📻 radioNPR News Now, Nov 6, 3:09 PM ET: story 4 of 6ABC News Update, Nov 6, 10:32 AM ET: the leadABC News Update, Nov 6, 9:32 AM ET: story 4 of 6
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💬 Quoted

  1. “Such a sad thing to watch!”3
  2. “You only have yourselves to blame”3
  3. “crash”1
  4. “Has Had Enough”1
  5. “Such A Sad Thing To Watch!”3
  6. “Dumocrats”1
  7. “you only have yourselves to blame”4
  8. “Such a sad thing to watch”4

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)

✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Fox Business (2 wordings): “Trump blames Democrats for stock market plunge after sweeping midterm victories” → “'Such a sad thing to watch': President Trump reacts to massive market sell-off”
  • Just the News (2 wordings): “Trump touts stock market surge after midterm losses” → “'You only have yourselves to blame': Trump on stock market fall”
  • New York Post (2 wordings): “Trump pins US stock market plunge on Democrats wiping out GOP in midterms: ‘Sad thing to watch!’” → “Money shot Trump pins US stock market plunge on Democrats wiping out GOP in midterms: ‘Sad thing to watch!’”
  • Newsmax (2 wordings): “Trump Blames Democrats for Stock Market Plunge” → “Trump Blames Dems for Stock Market Plunge”
  • The Independent (6 wordings): “Trump (correctly) points finger at Democrats for stock market plunge during blue tsunami: Live updates” → “Wall Street settles after Trump blames post-election stock slump on voters”
  • The National Desk (2 wordings): “Trump blames 'Dumocrats' for stock market slide following midterm results” → “Trump says he’s open to working with Democrats, but blames them for market turmoil”
📰 Every outlet's headline 18left 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. ⚖️ BBC News 12 min
  2. 🐘 Fox News 6 min
  3. 🫏 MSNOW 3 min

📻 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

  1. 🫏 ABC News Update 2× · 🥇 led 1
  2. 🫏 NPR News Now 1× · best #4

🎙️ On the shows

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

  1. 🫏 Today in Focus (Guardian) 1
  2. ⚖️ BBC Global News Podcast 1
  3. ⚖️ Up First (NPR) 1
  4. 🫏 The Young Turks 1
  5. 🐘 Ben Shapiro 1
  6. 🐘 Morning Wire 1
  7. 🫏 Adam Mockler 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

🕵️ 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.

🧶 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

Donald TrumpDemocratic PartyStock Market2026 midterm elections

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Democrats gain House majority

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  5. Trump supporter punches protester at Ohio rally

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  6. Trump holds rallies in Arizona and Montana ahead of midterms

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  7. Trump pardons two Alaskan mechanics in Clean Air Act case

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  8. Trump warns of potential national crisis if Democrats win midterms

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  9. Trump praises supporter who punched protester at rally

    Oct 22, 12 AM ET

  10. Trump holds midterm rally in Florida with Byron Donalds

    Oct 19, 6 PM ET

  11. Trump and allies seek to influence midterms through legal actions

    Oct 28, 8 AM ET

  12. Trump holds midterm rally in chillicothe, Ohio

    Oct 28, 8 PM ET

  13. Trump and Obama exchange barbs in final days of midterm campaign

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  14. Democrats warned against impeaching Trump or Hegseth if they win House

    Oct 28, 2 PM ET

  15. Democrats lead in Texas, Michigan Senate races

    Oct 29, 12 PM ET

  16. Early voting surges in midterm elections

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  17. Elon musk warns of democratic sweep leading to end of democracy

    Oct 31, 12 AM ET

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  19. Democrats lead in seven Senate battlegrounds according to new polls

    Nov 3, 4 AM ET

  20. Democratic candidates win key Republican-held seats

    Nov 4, 2 AM ET

  21. Trump acknowledges Iran role in midterm losses

    Nov 4, 2 AM ET

  22. Democrats gain significant legislative momentum

    Nov 4, 10 AM ET

  23. Iranian officials say US voters rejected Trump's war

    Nov 4, 10 AM ET

  24. US voters cast ballots in midterm elections

    Nov 4, 1 PM ET

  25. Iranian officials comment on trump's midterm election results

    Nov 4, 3 PM ET

  26. Hakeem Jeffries advances toward becoming first House speaker

    Nov 4, 12 PM ET

  27. Democrats flip multiple House seats in Pennsylvania

    Nov 3, 11 PM ET

  28. US voters cast ballots to decide control of Congress

    Oct 29, 6 PM ET

  29. Trump threatens to use veto power if Democrats gain control

    Nov 1, 7 PM ET

  30. John thune to run for Senate republican leader

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  31. Democrats regain control of Congress as Trump dismisses impeachment threat

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  32. Cracks appear in Reflecting Pool after Trump's remarks

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  33. World leaders express relief and caution after republican election rout

    Nov 4, 2 PM ET

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    Nov 5, 6 AM ET

  35. Democrats win majority in House and Senate

    Nov 5, 1 PM ET

  36. Democrats plan to limit Trump's agenda in first 100 hours

    Nov 6, 6 AM ET

  37. Hakeem Jeffries announces bid for House speaker

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  38. U.S. stocks surge as Democrats win Congress

    Nov 5, 6 AM ET

  39. Democrats win on affordability but face delivery challenges

    Nov 5, 10 AM ET

  40. Democrats secure enough seats to end electoral college by 2028

    Nov 6, 7 AM ET

  41. Trump says he can work with Democrats after midterm losses

    Nov 5, 5 PM ET

  42. Mississippi Senate race remains closely contested with no recount procedure

    Nov 6, 8 AM ET

  43. Republicans face internal conflict after midterm losses

    Nov 1, 11 PM ET

  44. Democrats win majority in House and Senate

    Nov 3, 11 PM ET

  45. Midterms conclude as 2028 presidential race remains wide open

    Nov 5, 8 AM ET

  46. Stock markets decline after midterm elections (this story)

    Nov 5, 8 PM ET

  47. Democrats gain Texas House seats as Republicans retain Senate majority

    Nov 6, 3 AM ET

  48. Democrats gain control of multiple state governments

    Nov 6, 1 PM ET

  49. Democrats gain ground in Southern states

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