U.S. soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia

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U.S. soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia

Nov 10, 3 PM ET to Nov 11, 5 PM ET

36outlets carried it
🫏14 · 7 · 15🐘left · center · right
1.1 dayson the front pages
36front pages at once, at its peak
67 minof TV captions
7radio newscasts
31people retold it online

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Nov 10, 3 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Nov 10, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Nov 10, 3 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Nov 11, 4 AM ETretold online by 31 people
Nov 11, 2 PM ETpeak: on 36 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean:leftleans leftcenterleans rightright. First: The Guardian, Tue 3:02 PM ET.

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 (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 Wire copy

1 outlet ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word

The Washington Post

💬 Quoted

“espionage”1
“SPY”1
“spying for Russia”1

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

3 Political Wire · Drudge Report · Google News

aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)

✏️ 11 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “US soldier accused of spying for Russia: Officials” → “US soldier accused of spying for Russia arrested in the UK: Officials”
BBC (2 wordings): “Senior US soldier arrested by UK counter-terror police” → “US Army soldier suspected of spying for Russia arrested in UK”
CBS News (2 wordings): “U.S. soldier accused of spying linked to Russia arrested in the U.K.” → “U.S. soldier accused of spying linked to Russia arrested in U.K.”
CNN (4 wordings): “Breaking News US Army soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of espionage related to Russia” → “Senior US Army soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of espionage related to Russia A 41-year-old United States Army soldier was arrested in the United Kingdom on Tuesday on suspicion of espionage related to Russia, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.”
NBC News (2 wordings): “U.S. Army soldier arrested in U.K. on suspicion of spying for Russia” → “Senior U.S. Army soldier arrested in U.K. on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence”
Newsmax (2 wordings): “US Soldier Arrested in Britain Allegedly Spying for Russia” → “US Soldier Arrested in UK Allegedly Spying for Russia”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “UK Police Arrest Senior US Army Soldier Over Suspected Russia Espionage” → “US Soldier Accused of Spying for Russia Was in Unit Primed For Putin Attack”
Reuters (2 wordings): “UK arrests US Army member suspected of helping Russia” → “US Army member arrested in UK for suspected 'espionage' for Russia”
The Daily Caller (2 wordings): “UK Arrests High-Ranking U.S. Soldier Suspected Of Spying For Russians” → “UK Arrests High-Ranking US Soldier Suspected Of Spying For Russians”
The Sun (2 wordings): “SOLDIER ‘SPY’ US soldier arrested in UK by counter-terror cops after ‘spying for Russia’” → “'SPY' PROBE Cops swoop on home after US soldier arrested in UK for 'spying for Russia'”
The Washington Post (2 wordings): “US soldier arrested in Britain on suspicion of espionage linked to Russia” → “U.S. Army officer arrested in U.K. on suspicion of trying to steal secrets for Russia”

📰 Every outlet's headline 36left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET U.S. Soldier Arrested In Britain On Suspicion Of Espionage Linked To Russia
The Guardian🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET UK counter-terrorism police arrest senior US soldier with alleged links to Russia
ABC News🕒 Nov 10, 6 PM ET US soldier accused of spying for Russia: Officials
AP🕒 Nov 10, 6 PM ET US soldier assigned to NATO unit arrested in Britain on suspicion of espionage linked to Russia
CBS News🕒 Nov 10, 6 PM ET U.S. soldier accused of spying linked to Russia arrested in the U.K.
CNBC🕒 Nov 11, 4 AM ET American soldier arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia
CNN🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET Breaking News US Army soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of espionage related to Russia
Military.com🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Senior US Soldier Based at NATO Headquarters Arrested on Suspicion of Helping Russia Read More
NBC News🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET U.S. Army soldier arrested in U.K. on suspicion of spying for Russia
New York Times🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET US Soldier Is Arrested in UK on Suspicion of Spying for Russia
PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET U.S. soldier arrested in Britain accused of espionage linked to Russia
The Independent🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET US soldier accused of espionage linked to Russia arrested by British terror police
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET US soldier arrested in Britain on suspicion of espionage linked to Russia
USA Today🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET US soldier arrested in England after allegedly spying for Russia
BBC🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET Senior US soldier arrested by UK counter-terror police
Bloomberg🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET UK Arrests US Army Soldier Over Russia Spying Allegations
Financial Times🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET Senior US soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia
Forbes🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET US Soldier Arrested For Suspected Spying For Russia, UK Says
Newsweek🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET UK Police Arrest Senior US Army Soldier Over Suspected Russia Espionage
Reuters🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET UK arrests US Army member suspected of helping Russia
The Hill🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET US soldier suspected of Russia-related espionage arrested in UK
Just the News🕒 Nov 10, 5 PM ET British police confirms arrest of US soldier on suspicion of working with Russian intelligence
The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 10, 8 PM ET US Soldier Arrested in England on Suspicion of Spying for Russia
The Sun🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET SOLDIER ‘SPY’ US soldier arrested in UK by counter-terror cops after ‘spying for Russia’
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET Senior U.S. Army soldier arrested in Britain accused of passing secrets to Russia
Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 10, 6 PM ET US soldier arrested in UK as part of Russian espionage investigation
Breitbart🕒 Nov 11, 12 AM ET British Police Arrest U.S. Soldier Based at NATO HQ Over Russia Spy Claims
Fox News🕒 Nov 10, 6 PM ET Senior US Army soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia
IJR🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET US Soldier Arrested in UK Over Russia-Related Espionage Allegations
New York Post🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET US Army soldier arrested in UK on Russian espionage charges
Newsmax🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET US Soldier Arrested in Britain Allegedly Spying for Russia
The Daily Caller🕒 Nov 10, 10 PM ET UK Arrests High-Ranking U.S. Soldier Suspected Of Spying For Russians
The Gateway Pundit🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET JUST IN: British Counterterrorism Police Arrest US Soldier On Suspicion of Espionage Related to Russia
The National Desk🕒 Nov 10, 5 PM ET US soldier allegedly spied for Russia, arrested in UK by counter-terror police
The National Pulse🕒 Nov 11, 11 AM ET U.S. Soldier Arrested in Britain on Suspicion of Assisting Russian Intelligence.
The Western Journal🕒 Nov 11, 1 PM ET Senior U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in U.K. on Spy Allegations

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

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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

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

🕵️ 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.

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

A US Army soldier has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of spying for Russia. Nov 11: told by 31 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

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🗣️ Names in it

U.S. ArmyRussiaU.S. soldierUK counter-terror police

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.

U.S. soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia

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