Pope leo begins South America tour after cancer surgery

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Pope leo begins South America tour after cancer surgery

Nov 5, 9 PM ET to Nov 8, 1 PM ET

17outlets carried it
🫏8 · 4 · 5🐘left · center · right
2.7 dayson the front pages
14front pages at once, at its peak
84 minof TV captions
41radio newscasts
8people retold it online
6 of 9parts of a saga

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Nov 5, 9 PM ETfirst on a front page: BBC
Nov 6, 1 AM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Nov 6, 8 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Nov 7, 4 AM ETpeak: on 14 front pages
Nov 7, 4 AM ETretold online by 8 people

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Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leftleans leftcenterleans rightright. First: Newsmax, Thu 2:02 AM ET.

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📡 Wire copy

3 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word

NBC News, Newsmax, PBS NewsHour

💬 Quoted

“bridge builders,”1
“pretty good health”1
“homecoming”1

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

2 Google News · Drudge Report

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✏️ 9 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (7 wordings): “Pope Leo XIV begins 3-day South American visit in Uruguay less than a month after his lung surgery” → “Pope urges faithful to be ‘bridge builders,’ praises mate ritual during Mass in Uruguay”
BBC (2 wordings): “Pope begins lengthy trip to Latin America weeks after lung cancer surgery” → “Pope in 'pretty good health' as he starts Latin America tour”
CNN (2 wordings): “Pope Leo’s Latin America trip will take him above 11,000 feet, weeks after lung cancer surgery Just over three weeks ago, the most significant visit of Pope Leo’s pontificate looked to be in doubt” → “Pope Leo’s Latin America trip will take him above 11,000 feet, weeks after lung cancer surgery”
Independent Journal Review (2 wordings): “Pope Leo Begins 12-Day South American Tour” → “Pope Leo Credits Doctors for Cancer Recovery on South America Flight”
NBC News (3 wordings): “Pope Leo XIV, who had cancer surgery just weeks ago, begins grueling South American tour” → “With an ode to mate tea, Pope urges faithful to build bridges of fraternity and faith”
NPR (3 wordings): “After cancer surgery, Pope Leo embarks on Latin America trip” → “Pope Leo begins South America tour after his cancer surgery”
Newsmax (4 wordings): “A Still-recovering Pope Will Head Home to Latin America and His Beloved Peru for a 12-day Trip” → “With an Ode to Mate, Pope Urges Faithful in Uruguay to Build Bridges of Fraternity and Faith”
Reuters (3 wordings): “Pope Leo starts South America 'homecoming' tour a month after lung surgery” → “Pope Leo urges South America to bridge divides on Uruguay stop of 12-day tour - Reuters”
The Washington Times (2 wordings): “Pope Leo, still recovering, heads to his beloved Peru for a 12-day trip” → “After cancer surgery, Pope Leo embarks on Latin America trip with a first stop in secular Uruguay”

📰 Every outlet's headline 17left to right by AllSides rating

The Atlantic🕒 Nov 6, 8 AM ET Pope Leo Reckons With the Latin American Right
AP🕒 Nov 6, 4 PM ET Pope Leo XIV begins 3-day South American visit in Uruguay less than a month after his lung surgery
CNN🕒 Nov 6, 6 AM ET Pope Leo’s Latin America trip will take him above 11,000 feet, weeks after lung cancer surgery Just over three weeks ago, the most significant visit of Pope Leo’s pontificate looked to be in doubt
NBC News🕒 Nov 6, 12 PM ET Pope Leo XIV, who had cancer surgery just weeks ago, begins grueling South American tour
NPR🕒 Nov 6, 5 AM ET After cancer surgery, Pope Leo embarks on Latin America trip
New York Times🕒 Nov 6, 1 AM ET 12 Planes in 12 Days: Pope Begins Major Latin America Tour, Weeks After Surgery
PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET With an ode to mate, Pope Leo urges faithful in Uruguay to build bridges of fraternity and faith
The Independent🕒 Nov 5, 12 PM ET Pope Leo to return to Latin America for his longest and farthest trip yet
BBC🕒 Nov 5, 9 PM ET Pope begins lengthy trip to Latin America weeks after lung cancer surgery
Chicago Tribune🕒 Nov 5, 8 AM ET Still-recovering Pope Leo will head home to Latin America and his beloved Peru for a 12-day trip
News Nation🕒 Nov 5, 5 PM ET Pope Leo's South America trip spans 3 countries
Reuters🕒 Nov 6, 4 AM ET Pope Leo starts South America 'homecoming' tour a month after lung surgery
Just the News🕒 Nov 6, 5 PM ET Pope Leo XIV embarks on 12-day South American tour just weeks after lung cancer surgery
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 5, 8 AM ET Pope Leo, still recovering, heads to his beloved Peru for a 12-day trip
Breitbart🕒 Nov 6, 9 AM ET Pope Leo XIV Departs for Apostolic Journey to Latin America
IJR🕒 Nov 7, 4 AM ET Pope Leo Begins 12-Day South American Tour
Newsmax🕒 Nov 5, 2 AM ET A Still-recovering Pope Will Head Home to Latin America and His Beloved Peru for a 12-day Trip

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what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

Pope Leo XIV begins a multi-nation tour of Latin America following lung surgery. Nov 7: told by 8 people
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🗣️ Names in it

Pope LeoPeruLatin AmericaSouth America

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