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Trump says Iran war is effectively over militarily

Nov 8, 5 PM ET to Nov 11, 6 PM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean

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  1. Nov 8, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: CNBC
  2. Nov 8, 5 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
  3. Nov 9, 10 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  4. Nov 10, 5 AM ETretold online by 7 people
  5. Nov 10, 2 PM ETpeak: on 30 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

💬 Quoted

  1. “Effectively Over”3
  2. “we won”2
  3. “Good Chance”1
  4. “horrible”1
  5. “Ending Quickly”1
  6. “locked and loaded”1
  7. “effectively over”4
  8. “status quo”2

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)

✏️ 21 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Axios (2 wordings): “Trump to meet Qatari prime minister about mediation efforts with Iran” → “Trump: New Iran attacks "quite unlikely"”
  • BBC (3 wordings): “Trump says Iran war is 'effectively over' militarily with further strikes unlikely” → “Trump says 'we won' Iran war during Veterans Day service”
  • Bloomberg (6 wordings): “Trump Says New Iran Strikes Unlikely If Talks Progress, CNN Says” → “Trump Signals New Iran Strikes Unnecessary After Qatar Meeting”
  • Breitbart (7 wordings): “…Renewed U.S. Strikes on Iran ‘Highly Unlikely’ if Talks Progress” → “Trump Meets with Qatari Mediators as Iran Pushes ‘Two-Day Peace Plan’”
  • CBS News (3 wordings): “Trump says he sees no reason to escalate war with Iran” → “Trump says Iran war will be over "when we want to end it"”
  • CNBC (3 wordings): “Trump says restarting Iran war 'highly unlikely,' warns he could strike” → “Trump says Iran war to end 'fairly soon,' plays down prospects of new strikes”
  • Financial Times (2 wordings): “Trump hails ‘positive momentum’ towards ending Iran war” → “Oil prices hit 10-week low after Trump says strikes on Iran ‘highly unlikely’”
  • Fox News (2 wordings): “Trump meets key Iran war mediator as UAE reveals major oil export surge despite conflict” → “Trump declares victory over Iran, predicts when conflict will end in Veterans Day speech”
  • Independent Journal Review (4 wordings): “Trump Says Iran Strikes Unlikely With Strong Deal” → “Trump Says Iran Strikes Unlikely as Talks Advance”
  • Just the News (3 wordings): “Trump says new Iran strikes unlikely if negotiations make progress” → “Trump in Veterans Day speech says Iran's long, unchecked aggression provoked war, vows over 'soon'”
  • New York Post (4 wordings): “President Trump revealed it is “highly unlikely” that the US will resume the war in Iran as long as talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program continue to make progress.” → “Trump issues warning to ‘horrible’ Democrats, claims ‘we won’ Iran war during Veterans Day speech”
  • Newsmax (9 wordings): “Trump: Iran Attack Unlikely If Talks Progress” → “Trump Honors Vets, Vows 'Total Victory' Over Iran”
  • Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (3 wordings): “LIVE Trump Says 'Very Unlikely' To Launch Fresh Iran Strikes If Talks Progress” → “5 Trump Says 'Very Unlikely' To Launch Fresh Iran Strikes If Talks Progress”
  • Reuters (8 wordings): “Trump says he is unlikely to order Iran attack if talks progress, CNN reports” → “Trump says he will hold off on fresh Iran strikes for now”
  • The American Conservative (2 wordings): “Iran War Day 255: Qatar’s PM to Meet Trump, Vance to Push for Deal” → “Iran War Day 256: Trump Says Escalation ‘Unlikely’”
  • The Daily Caller (3 wordings): “Rubio Rips Iran’s ‘Outrageous’ Terms To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz As Trump Hosts Key Mediator” → “US And Iran Trade Blows As Trump Claims War Could End Soon”
  • The Epoch Times (3 wordings): “Trump to Meet Qatari Prime Minister in White House for Iran Talks; Congress Returns for 1st Session After Democrats’ Midterm Victory” → “Trump Says There Is a ‘Good Chance’ Iran War Will End Soon”
  • The Hill (2 wordings): “Trump says he’s ‘unlikely’ to renew attacks on Iran if talks show progress” → “Trump signals no Iran strikes coming after meeting Qatari leader”
  • The Independent (2 wordings): “Trump says Iran war is ‘effectively over’ after midterms humiliation” → “Trump hijacks Veterans Day speech to make case for his Iran war — and 250-foot arch”
  • Washington Examiner (2 wordings): “Trump meeting with Qatar prime minister ends without Iran deal” → “Trump meeting with Qatari prime minister ends without Iran peace deal”
  • Yahoo News (2 wordings): “Trump says he believes war with Iran is militarily 'effectively over'” → “'We're just keeping it the status quo': Trump explains his next move on Iran”
📰 Every outlet's headline 33left 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. 🫏 CNN 45 min
  2. ⚖️ BBC News 38 min
  3. 🐘 Fox News 17 min
  4. 🫏 MSNOW 5 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. 🫏 NPR News Now 7× · 🥇 led 1
  2. 🫏 ABC News Update 4× · 🥇 led 1

🎙️ 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. ⚖️ Bloomberg News Now 2
  2. 🫏 The Young Turks 1
  3. 🐘 Erick Erickson 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

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

  1. 🃏 NewsThump 1

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🧩 How it's being told

The stories under this news, from our motif index, and who told each: the shows we follow by their lean, people online, fact-checkers. A story people tell, not a claim that it's true; claims are matched to this story by our tools, so a link can be wrong.

  • 🧩 Mission accomplished 🫏 1 left show
    “Trump says the Iran war was won, even ended when the B-2s struck, while also saying it still has to be won or closed out.”
  • 🧩 Oil market instability 🧶 online
    “Oil prices fell because Donald Trump signaled that new strikes on Iran are highly unlikely.”

🧶 Retold online

  • Oil prices fell because Donald Trump signaled that new strikes on Iran are highly unlikely. Nov 10: told by 7 people; told before on Nov 4

    🦋 a post on Bluesky · 19 likes, 2 reposts

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ Names in it

IranDonald TrumpCNNIslamic Republic of Iran

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 U.S.-Iran conflict

  1. Soldiers wounded in Iranian drone strike report delayed medical care

    Oct 5, 1 PM ET

  2. Pentagon updates troop death toll in Iran war to 21

    Oct 11, 8 PM ET

  3. U.S. military weighs use of 'mother of all bombs' against Iran

    Oct 15, 8 AM ET

  4. Oil prices rise above $117 amid Middle East tensions

    Oct 23, 7 PM ET

  5. Trump says U.S. may launch another military operation against Iran

    Oct 24, 11 AM ET

  6. U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots against Americans have reached advanced stages

    Oct 24, 1 AM ET

  7. Trump weighs deal with Iran or military action

    Oct 26, 8 AM ET

  8. Trump's oil and gas investments gained millions during the Iran war

    Oct 26, 11 AM ET

  9. U.S. warns allies of possible Iran strikes after midterms

    Oct 28, 6 PM ET

  10. Pentagon estimates Iran war cost at 47.1 billion

    Oct 28, 12 AM ET

  11. Trump says Iran war will end soon

    Oct 30, 6 PM ET

  12. Iran's Supreme leader threatens response without geographic limits as Trump weighs new strikes

    Oct 31, 1 PM ET

  13. Iranian and Qatari negotiators continue talks to end US-Iran war

    Oct 30, 7 PM ET

  14. Netanyahu urges Trump to consider strikes on Iran

    Nov 2, 4 PM ET

  15. Iran proposes 2-day plan to reopen Strait of hormuz

    Nov 3, 12 PM ET

  16. Oil prices fall on hopes for US-Iran diplomatic talks

    Nov 2, 1 PM ET

  17. Tucker Carlson claims Trump is considering nuclear strike on Iran

    Nov 2, 3 PM ET

  18. Trump confirms US strike on iranian air defense site

    Nov 4, 5 AM ET

  19. Trump says Iran wants settlement, deal could happen

    Nov 2, 5 PM ET

  20. U.S. strikes Iran as Trump downplays conflict

    Nov 3, 2 PM ET

  21. U.S. military conducts defensive strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island

    Nov 2, 10 PM ET

  22. Trump meets with national security team as decision on potential strikes against Iran pending

    Nov 6, 11 AM ET

  23. Trump weighs next steps in Iran conflict after midterm losses

    Nov 7, 10 AM ET

  24. U.S. conducts minor strikes on Iranian targets near Strait of Hormuz

    Nov 7, 10 AM ET

  25. Trump and Rubio defend Iran war amid GOP midterm losses

    Nov 8, 10 PM ET

  26. Oil prices fall below $90 as Iran tensions ease

    Nov 10, 6 AM ET

  27. Trump says Iran war is effectively over militarily (this story)

    Nov 8, 5 PM ET

  28. Treasury Secretary moved to military base over Iran threats

    Nov 10, 11 PM ET