🗞️ Story file #1698
Thomas Markle jailed after cutting off ankle monitor
Nov 10, 4 PM ET to Nov 11, 5 PM ET
- 24outlets carried it
- 🫏10 · 3 · 11🐘left · center · right
- 1 dayon the front pages
- 24front pages at once, at its peak
- 14 minof TV captions
- 2radio newscasts
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- Nov 10, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
- Nov 10, 4 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
- Nov 10, 7 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
- Nov 11, 10 AM ETpeak: on 24 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
💬 Quoted
- “cutting off his ankle monitor”1
- “cutting off ankle monitor”1
phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did
📌 Linked by aggregators
1 Google News
aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)
✏️ 13 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- ABC News (5 wordings): “DOJ says Thomas Markle Sr. cut off ankle monitor following arrest” → “Thomas Markle Sr. booked in jail after allegedly cutting off ankle monitor”
- BBC (2 wordings): “Meghan's father Thomas Markle detained for allegedly cutting off ankle monitor, officials say” → “Meghan's father Thomas Markle back in federal custody after allegedly removing ankle monitor”
- CNN (2 wordings): “Breaking News Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, cut off his ankle monitor, DOJ says” → “Breaking News Judge jails Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, after he cut off his ankle monitor”
- Fox News (3 wordings): “Thomas Markle allegedly cut off ankle monitor after child sexual abuse material arrest” → “Thomas Markle allegedly cuts off ankle monitor days after judge grants release”
- HuffPost (2 wordings): “Thomas Markle, Father Of Meghan, Cut Off His Ankle Monitor, DOJ Says” → “Judge Jails Thomas Markle, Father Of Meghan, After He Cut Off His Ankle Monitor”
- NBC News (3 wordings): “Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, cut off his ankle monitor, DOJ says” → “A judge revoked Markle's pretrial release and ordered he be detained”
- New York Post (3 wordings): “Thomas Markle detained after cutting off ankle monitor following release in child porn case” → “The Markle patriarch was arrested last week.”
- Reuters (2 wordings): “Thomas Markle ordered back to jail after cutting off his ankle bracelet” → “Thomas Markle sent back to jail after cutting off his ankle bracelet”
- The Guardian (2 wordings): “Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, cut off his ankle monitor, DoJ says” → “Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, jailed after cutting off ankle monitor, DoJ says”
- The Independent (2 wordings): “Meghan Markle’s father Thomas cut off his ankle monitor, DOJ says” → “Thomas Markle taken back into custody after removing ankle tag, DOJ says”
- The Sun (4 wordings): “MARKLE MONITOR Thomas Markle jailed after ‘cutting off his ankle monitor’ following arrest” → “MARKLE BEHIND BARS Thomas Markle JAILED after ‘cutting off his ankle monitor’ following child abuse image arrest – as mugshot released”
- The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Meghan Markle’s estranged father jailed after allegedly removing ankle monitor” → “Meghan Markle’s estranged father jailed after allegedly removing ankle monitor - The Washington Post”
- Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “Meghan Markle’s father removes ankle monitor after child sexual abuse material arrest, DOJ says” → “Meghan Markle’s father removes ankle monitor after arrest”
📰 Every outlet's headline 24left to right by AllSides rating
- HuffPost🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET
Thomas Markle, Father Of Meghan, Cut Off His Ankle Monitor, DOJ Says
- The Guardian🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, cut off his ankle monitor, DoJ says
- ABC News🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
DOJ says Thomas Markle Sr. cut off ankle monitor following arrest
- CNN🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET
Breaking News Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, cut off his ankle monitor, DOJ says
- Los Angeles Times🕒 Nov 10, 8 PM ET
Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle Sr. cut off his ankle monitor following child porn arrest
- NBC News🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET
Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, cut off his ankle monitor, DOJ says
- PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, cut off his ankle monitor while awaiting hearing, DOJ says
- The Independent🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Meghan Markle’s father Thomas cut off his ankle monitor, DOJ says
- The Washington Post🕒 Nov 10, 7 PM ET
Meghan Markle’s estranged father jailed after allegedly removing ankle monitor
- Yahoo News🕒 Nov 10, 3 PM ET
Meghan Markle’s father cut off ankle monitor after child sexual abuse material arrest, DOJ says
- BBC🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Meghan's father Thomas Markle detained for allegedly cutting off ankle monitor, officials say
- Newsweek🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Thomas Markle Accused of Removing Location Monitor After Arrest
- Reuters🕒 Nov 10, 6 PM ET
Thomas Markle ordered back to jail after cutting off his ankle bracelet
- The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 11, 6 AM ET
Judge Jails Thomas Markle, Father of Meghan, After He Cut Off His Ankle Monitor
- The Sun🕒 Nov 10, 6 PM ET
MARKLE MONITOR Thomas Markle jailed after ‘cutting off his ankle monitor’ following arrest
- The Washington Times🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, cuts off ankle monitor days after arrest
- Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 10, 5 PM ET
Meghan Markle’s father removes ankle monitor after child sexual abuse material arrest, DOJ says
- Breitbart🕒 Nov 11, 9 AM ET
Meghan Markle’s Father Detained for Allegedly Removing Ankle Monitor
- Fox News🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Thomas Markle allegedly cut off ankle monitor after child sexual abuse material arrest
- IJR🕒 Nov 11, 4 AM ET
Thomas Markle Held in Federal Custody Pending Trial
- New York Post🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Thomas Markle detained after cutting off ankle monitor following release in child porn case
- Newsmax🕒 Nov 10, 4 PM ET
Thomas Markle, Father of Meghan, Cut off His Ankle Monitor, DOJ Says
- OAN🕒 Nov 10, 7 PM ET
DOJ: Meghan Markle’s estranged father rearrested after cutting off ankle monitor
- The Blaze🕒 Nov 10, 10 PM ET
Thomas Markle — father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex — cuts off ankle monitor after child porn arrest: DOJ
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🧶 Retelling
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