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Biden memoir reveals details of Trump's 2021 Oval Office letter and comments on Jan. 6

Nov 10, 3 PM ET to Nov 11, 5 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

📰 read it at: HuffPost Raw Story The Daily Beast CNN Mediaite New York Times The Washington Post Newsweek The Hill The Sun Fox News IJR New York Post The Daily Wire The Gateway Pundit The National Desk The Washington Sun

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  1. Nov 10, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
  2. Nov 10, 9 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  3. Nov 11, 4 AM ETretold online by 13 people
  4. Nov 11, 2 PM ETpeak: on 20 front pages

📰 Spread

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8176 PMWed6 AM12 PMpeak: 17 front pages, Wed 2 PMTue Nov 10, 1 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 2 PM ET: on 3 front pages (1 left, 2 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 3 PM ET: on 7 front pages (2 left, 3 leans left, 1 center, 1 right)Tue Nov 10, 4 PM ET: on 9 front pages (2 left, 3 leans left, 1 center, 3 right)Tue Nov 10, 5 PM ET: on 9 front pages (2 left, 3 leans left, 1 center, 3 right)Tue Nov 10, 6 PM ET: on 11 front pages (2 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 3 right)Tue Nov 10, 7 PM ET: on 11 front pages (2 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 3 right)Tue Nov 10, 8 PM ET: on 11 front pages (2 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 3 right)Tue Nov 10, 9 PM ET: on 13 front pages (2 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Tue Nov 10, 10 PM ET: on 13 front pages (2 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Tue Nov 10, 11 PM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 12 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 1 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 2 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 3 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 4 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 5 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 6 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 7 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 8 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 9 AM ET: on 14 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right)Wed Nov 11, 10 AM ET: on 15 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 11 AM ET: on 15 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 12 PM ET: on 15 front pages (3 left, 3 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 1 PM ET: on 16 front pages (3 left, 4 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 5 right, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 2 PM ET: on 17 front pages (3 left, 4 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 6 right, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 3 PM ET: on 17 front pages (3 left, 4 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 6 right, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 4 PM ET: on 17 front pages (3 left, 4 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 6 right, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 5 PM ET: on 17 front pages (3 left, 4 leans left, 2 center, 1 leans right, 6 right, 1 not rated)
Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean:leftleans leftcenterleans rightrightnot rated. First: New York Times, Tue 1:02 PM ET.
Nov 10, 6 PMNov 116 AM12 PMNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Nov 10, 1:02 PM ET: What Trump Said in His Letter to Biden in 2021Raw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Nov 10, 2:03 PM ET: Biden memoir finally reveals what Trump wrote in his private Oval Office letterCNNCNNCNN, Nov 10, 2:03 PM ET: NYT: Trump wished Biden well in newly disclosed 2021 letterHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Nov 10, 3:02 PM ET: Trump Was Effusive To Biden In Oval Office Letter, New Biden Book Excerpt RevealsMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Nov 10, 3:02 PM ET: READ IT: Trump Offers Shocking Tone in Letter to Biden Detailed in Former President’s BookNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Nov 10, 3:02 PM ET: Biden Reveals Details of Trump’s ‘Very Generous’ 2021 Oval Office LetterThe Daily WireThe Daily WireThe Daily Wire, Nov 10, 3:02 PM ET: READ IT: Biden Reveals Surprisingly Warm Letter Trump Left HimThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Nov 10, 4:02 PM ET: WOW: Joe Biden Reveals The “Very Generous” Letter President Trump Left for Him Upon Exiting the Oval Office in 2021New York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 10, 4:02 PM ET: Trump praised Biden in ‘very generous’ letter upon exiting White House, ex-prez reveals in memoirThe SunThe SunThe Sun, Nov 10, 6:02 PM ET: ‘TO 46’ Joe Biden reveals ‘very generous letter’ Trump left for him in Oval OfficeThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Nov 10, 6:02 PM ET: Biden’s book reveals ‘very generous letter’ from Trump during 2021 transitionFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Nov 10, 9:00 PM ET: Biden reveals letter Trump left him at White House that made it seem 'as if there were two Donald Trumps'Fox News, Nov 11, 7:00 AM ET: Biden shares Trump's unexpected words from 2021 farewell letter in new memoirIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Nov 10, 9:00 PM ET: Biden Memoir Recalls Trump Letter, Condemns Jan. 6The Daily BeastThe Daily BeastThe Daily Beast, Nov 10, 11:00 PM ET: Biden Reveals Weird Secret Letter Trump Left in Oval OfficeThe Daily Beast, Nov 11, 6:00 AM ET: Trump Insider Reveals Truth About Weird Secret Letter to BidenThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Nov 11, 10:00 AM ET: Biden’s Memoir Reveals What Trump Told Him Following Bitter 2020 ElectionThe Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post, Nov 11, 1:00 PM ET: Trump left warm letter for Biden just days after Jan. 6 riot, book revealsThe Washington Post, Nov 11, 2:00 PM ET: Warm letter Trump wrote to Biden in 2021 revealed in memoirThe National DeskThe National DeskThe National Desk, Nov 11, 2:00 PM ET: Ahead of memoir, Biden reveals doubts about 2024 run, Hunter pardon, Trump’s warm letter📺 TVFox News, 9:19 PM ET: NYT OBTAINS LETTER PRESIDENT TRUMP LEFT FOR JOE BIDEN IN THE OVAL OFFICE IN 2021Fox News, 9:19 PM ET: NEWLY REVEALED LETTER SHOWS TRUMP'S WARM WORDS FOR BIDENFox News, 9:20 PM ET: NEWLY REVEALED LETTER SHOWS TRUMP'S WARM WORDS FOR BIDENFox News, 2:19 AM ET: NEWLY REVEALED LETTER SHOWS TRUMP'S WARM WORDS FOR BIDENFox News, 2:19 AM ET: NYT OBTAINS LETTER PRESIDENT TRUMP LEFT FOR JOE BIDEN IN THE OVAL OFFICE IN 2021Fox News, 2:20 AM ET: NEWLY REVEALED LETTER SHOWS TRUMP'S WARM WORDS FOR BIDEN🧶 online🧶found retold online (the day's report)
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💬 Quoted

  1. “Very Generous”5
  2. “to his grave”3
  3. “TO 46”1
  4. “to his grave,”3
  5. “should follow him to his grave”4
  6. “as if there were two Donald Trumps”1

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

3 Drudge Report · Google News · Political Wire

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

✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Fox News (2 wordings): “Biden reveals letter Trump left him at White House that made it seem 'as if there were two Donald Trumps'” → “Biden shares Trump's unexpected words from 2021 farewell letter in new memoir”
  • The Daily Beast (2 wordings): “Biden Reveals Weird Secret Letter Trump Left in Oval Office” → “Trump Insider Reveals Truth About Weird Secret Letter to Biden”
  • The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Trump left warm letter for Biden just days after Jan. 6 riot, book reveals” → “Warm letter Trump wrote to Biden in 2021 revealed in memoir”
📰 Every outlet's headline 17left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

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📺 On TV

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  1. 🐘 Fox News 73 s

📻 On the radio

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📻🤷 No radio newscast matched to it.

🧶 Retelling

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🧩 How it's being told

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  • 🧩 Two faces 🧶 online
    “Donald Trump wrote a warm and friendly letter to Joe Biden in 2021 expressing respect for his love of the American people.”

🧶 Retold online

  • Donald Trump wrote a warm and friendly letter to Joe Biden in 2021 expressing respect for his love of the American people. Nov 11: told by 13 people
    🧩 Two faces

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

🗣️ Names in it

Donald TrumpJoe BidenBiden bookOval Office

🔎 Checking

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🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Biden-Trump friendship claims

  1. Biden says Trump once suggested they could have been good friends

    Nov 9, 6 PM ET

  2. Biden memoir reveals details of Trump's 2021 Oval Office letter and comments on Jan. 6 (this story)

    Nov 10, 3 PM ET

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