Defense secretary and aides reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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Defense secretary and aides reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Nov 11, 4 PM ET to Nov 11, 6 PM ET

22outlets carried it
🫏15 · 6 · 1🐘left · center · right
2 hourson the front pages
22front pages at once, at its peak

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Nov 11, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: Alternet
Nov 11, 6 PM ETpeak: on 22 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leftleans leftcenterleans right. First: The Independent, Wed 3:00 PM ET.

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💬 Quoted

“silence and respect”2
“Disgraceful”1
“disturbing”1
“Maintain Silence”1

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)

✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

BBC (2 wordings): “Hegseth and advisers reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” → “Hegseth and team reprimanded by Army guard at solemn war memorial”
Rolling Stone (2 wordings): “Having a Ball Hegseth and Advisers Yelled at for Disrespecting Tomb of Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day” → “Hegseth and Advisers Yelled at for Disrespecting Tomb of Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day”

📰 Every outlet's headline 22left to right by AllSides rating

Alternet🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET Hegseth staff torn apart for laughing at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
HuffPost🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET VIDEO: Soldier Rebukes Hegseth’s Group For Laughing During Visit To Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
Raw Story🕒 Nov 11, 5 PM ET 'Disgraceful': Outrage erupts over Hegseth's 'disturbing' Veterans Day incident
Rolling Stone🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET Having a Ball Hegseth and Advisers Yelled at for Disrespecting Tomb of Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day
The Guardian🕒 Nov 11, 5 PM ET Hegseth and team reprimanded by Arlington National Cemetery guard; Trump defends his defense secretary and Iran war
ABC News🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Hegseth's group admonished at Tomb of the Unknowns during Veterans Day visit
CBS News🕒 Nov 11, 5 PM ET Hegseth's group reprimanded for noise at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
CNN🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET Video shows soldier reprimanding Hegseth and advisers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Defense Secretary and his advisers were reprimanded after some in the group laughed and talked near the solemn memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony
Mediaite🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET VIDEO: Tomb of Unknown Soldier Sentinel Yells at Hegseth Group Over Laughter...
NBC News🕒 Nov 11, 5 PM ET Pete Hegseth and others reprimanded by guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
New York Times🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Soldier Shouts Toward Hegseth to Show ‘Respect’ at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Independent🕒 Nov 11, 3 PM ET Hegseth’s group reprimanded for laughing during Veterans Day honoring at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Hegseth and his entourage scolded by military sentinel at Tomb of the Unknowns
USA Today🕒 Nov 11, 5 PM ET Army guard scolds Hegseth, advisers for laughing at Arlington National
Yahoo News🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimands Hegseth's group
BBC🕒 Nov 11, 5 PM ET Hegseth and advisers reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Chicago Tribune🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and staff reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Forbes🕒 Nov 11, 5 PM ET Pete Hegseth And Aides Told By Guard To ‘Maintain Silence’ At Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
News Nation🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Hegseth, group face reprimand at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day
Newsweek🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET Hegseth’s Group Warned by Guard Over Conduct at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
The Hill🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET Sentinel at Tomb of Unknown Soldier yells at Hegseth group to maintain decorum
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Tomb of the Unknown Soldier rules: Why a sentinel shouted 'silence and respect' at Hegseth's group

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

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

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what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ Names in it

Tomb of the Unknown SoldierDefense SecretaryHegsethU.S. Guard

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.

Defense secretary and aides reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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