Trump meets with Putin envoy on Ukraine peace deal

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Trump meets with Putin envoy on Ukraine peace deal

Nov 6, 8 PM ET to Nov 7, 11 AM ET

8outlets carried it
🫏5 · 1 · 2🐘left · center · right
15 hourson the front pages
10front pages at once, at its peak
17 minof TV captions
18people retold it online
17 of 20parts of a saga

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Nov 6, 8 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Nov 6, 9 PM ETpeak: on 10 front pages
Nov 7, 4 AM ETretold online by 18 people

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NBC News

💬 Quoted

“big, beautiful agreement”3
“might involve ALL of Europe”2

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✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

NBC News (2 wordings): “Trump says he met with Putin envoy, sees Ukraine deal soon” → “Europe swaps flattery for firmness as Trump teases ‘big’ security deal”

📰 Every outlet's headline 8left to right by AllSides rating

Raw Story🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump reveals secretive meeting with top Putin envoy as he teases ‘big’ deal
CNN🕒 Nov 6, 10 AM ET Trump teases ‘big, beautiful’ European security deal after meeting Putin envoy
NBC News🕒 Nov 6, 6 AM ET Trump says he met with Putin envoy, sees Ukraine deal soon
New York Times🕒 Nov 5, 9 PM ET Trump Says He Met With a Senior Russian Official on a Ukraine Peace Deal
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump says he and Putin are close to a deal about Ukraine and ‘all of Europe’
Reuters🕒 Nov 5, 9 PM ET Trump says he met Putin envoy, sees Ukraine deal soon
The Sun🕒 Nov 5, 9 PM ET DON'S DEAL Trump says 'big, beautiful agreement' on Ukraine 'might involve ALL of Europe'
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Trump teases Ukraine peace deal that could involve all of Europe

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🧩 How it's being told

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🧩 Appeasement 🧶 online
↔️ its answer: Can't back down
“Europe should take a larger stance against Russia because Putin's goal is to paralyze and divide Europe.”
🧩 Divide and conquer 🧶 online
“Europe should take a larger stance against Russia because Putin's goal is to paralyze and divide Europe.”
🧩 Paper tiger 🧶 online
“Europe should take a larger stance against Russia because Putin's goal is to paralyze and divide Europe.”
🧩 The war isn't going well 🧶 online
“Russia is exhausting its economy, manpower, and materiel and cannot win the war against Ukraine.”

🧶 Retold online

Russia is exhausting its economy, manpower, and materiel and cannot win the war against Ukraine. Nov 7: told by 12 people (same issue); told before on Nov 3, Oct 25
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 51 likes, 1 reposts
Europe should take a larger stance against Russia because Putin's goal is to paralyze and divide Europe. Nov 7: told by 6 people (same issue)

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🗣️ Names in it

Donald TrumpRussiaUkrainePutinEuropean Union

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the running story it belongs to

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