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🛤️ who had it
6 11 Tue Wed peak: 11 front pages, Tue 1 PM Mon Nov 9, 11 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left) Tue Nov 10, 12 AM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left) Tue Nov 10, 1 AM ET: on 2 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left) Tue Nov 10, 2 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left) Tue Nov 10, 3 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left) Tue Nov 10, 4 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left) Tue Nov 10, 5 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left) Tue Nov 10, 6 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left) Tue Nov 10, 7 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left) Tue Nov 10, 8 AM ET: on 5 front pages (2 leans left, 3 left) Tue Nov 10, 9 AM ET: on 5 front pages (2 leans left, 3 left) Tue Nov 10, 10 AM ET: on 6 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left) Tue Nov 10, 11 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 2 right, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 12 PM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 1 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 2 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 3 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 4 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 5 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 6 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 7 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 8 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 9 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 10 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Tue Nov 10, 11 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 12 AM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 1 AM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 2 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 3 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 4 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 5 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 6 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 7 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 8 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 9 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 10 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 11 AM ET: on 9 front pages (2 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 12 PM ET: on 9 front pages (2 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 1 PM ET: on 8 front pages (1 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 2 PM ET: on 8 front pages (1 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated) Wed Nov 11, 3 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center) Wed Nov 11, 4 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center) Wed Nov 11, 5 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center) Wed Nov 11, 6 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center) Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:
Nov 10 12 PM Nov 11 12 PM MediaiteMediaite Mediaite, Nov 9, 11:02 PM ET: Trump Calls into C-SPAN, Reveals He Keeps Tabs on Callers: ‘Gives Me a Little Bit of an Indication of Where We Are’ HuffPostHuffPost HuffPost, Nov 10, 1:02 AM ET: ‘S**t Must Be Bleak’: Critics Mock ‘Desperate’ Trump After He Calls In To C-SPAN CNBCCNBC CNBC, Nov 10, 2:02 AM ET: Trump’s C-SPAN call marks latest surprise post-midterm appearance CNBC, Nov 10, 2:02 AM ET: Trump extends post-midterm media blitz with C-SPAN call Raw StoryRaw Story Raw Story, Nov 10, 8:02 AM ET: Mystery giggle during Trump’s surprise C-SPAN call sparks frenzy: ‘What the hell’ The Daily BeastThe Daily Beast The Daily Beast, Nov 10, 8:02 AM ET: Trump Rambles in Surprise Call to New C-SPAN Show The IndependentThe Independent The Independent, Nov 10, 10:02 AM ET: Woman’s giggle, Iran and favorite TV show: Trump has wild call-in to C-SPAN Crooks and LiarsCrooks and Liars Crooks and Liars, Nov 10, 11:02 AM ET: People Have Questions About Trump's Mystery Giggling Girl During C-SPAN Call-In New York PostNew York Post New York Post, Nov 10, 11:02 AM ET: Trump dials into C-SPAN for surprise interview: ‘I like to watch the call-ins’ Red StateRed State Red State, Nov 10, 11:02 AM ET: Longtime Listener, First-Time Caller: Trump Crashes C-SPAN Premiere, and Critics Lose It The Daily WireThe Daily Wire The Daily Wire, Nov 10, 12:02 PM ET: Trump Crashes C-SPAN Call-In Show, Reveals Why He Tunes In The HillThe Hill The Hill, Nov 10, 1:02 PM ET: Trump calls into premiere of C-SPAN’s new nighttime show 🧶 online 🧶found retold online (the day's report) 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
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“I like to watch the call-ins” 1 “What the hell” 1 “Gives Me a Little Bit of an Indication of Where We Are” 1 “Desperate” 1 “S**t Must Be Bleak” 1 phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did
✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
CNBC (2 wordings): “Trump’s C-SPAN call marks latest surprise post-midterm appearance” → “Trump extends post-midterm media blitz with C-SPAN call”📰 Every outlet's headline 11 left to right by AllSides rating
🕒 Nov 10, 1 AM ET ‘S**t Must Be Bleak’: Critics Mock ‘Desperate’ Trump After He Calls In To C-SPAN ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 8 AM ET Mystery giggle during Trump’s surprise C-SPAN call sparks frenzy: ‘What the hell’ ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 8 AM ET Trump Rambles in Surprise Call to New C-SPAN Show ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 2 AM ET Trump’s C-SPAN call marks latest surprise post-midterm appearance ↗ 🕒 Nov 9, 11 PM ET Trump Calls into C-SPAN, Reveals He Keeps Tabs on Callers: ‘Gives Me a Little Bit of an Indication of Where We Are’ ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 10 AM ET Woman’s giggle, Iran and favorite TV show: Trump has wild call-in to C-SPAN ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 1 PM ET Trump calls into premiere of C-SPAN’s new nighttime show ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 11 AM ET Trump dials into C-SPAN for surprise interview: ‘I like to watch the call-ins’ ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 11 AM ET Longtime Listener, First-Time Caller: Trump Crashes C-SPAN Premiere, and Critics Lose It ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 12 PM ET Trump Crashes C-SPAN Call-In Show, Reveals Why He Tunes In ↗ 🕒 Nov 10, 11 AM ET People Have Questions About Trump's Mystery Giggling Girl During C-SPAN Call-In ↗
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🧶 Retelling what people online made of it
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🧩 Not playing with a full deck
🧶 online ↔️ its answer: Dumb like a fox “Donald Trump is an imbecile, incompetent, and insane.” 🧩 Not up to the task
🧶 online ↔️ its answer: Gets stuff done “Donald Trump is an imbecile, incompetent, and insane.” 🧩 Unhinged
🧶 online “Donald Trump is an imbecile, incompetent, and insane.”
Donald Trump is an imbecile, incompetent, and insane. Nov 11: told by 7 people; told before on Nov 3, Oct 27, Oct 25, Oct 21, Oct 12, Oct 9, Oct 7, Oct 6
On Folklore : the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ Names in it
Donald Trump C-SPAN Mystery giggle Callers
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🧵 Persistence the running story it belongs to
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The Daily Wire 
Crooks and Liars