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Trump directs Vance to focus on domestic corruption instead of Iran negotiations

Nov 12, 10 AM ET to Nov 12, 7 PM ET

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👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

  1. Nov 12, 9 AM ETfirst on front pages: Axios, Bloomberg and NBC News
  2. Nov 12, 3 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
  3. Nov 12, 4 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  4. Nov 12, 7 PM ETpeak: on 39 front pages at once

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

203910 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PMpeak: 39 front pages, Thu 7 PMThu Nov 12, 9 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 center)Thu Nov 12, 10 AM ET: on 10 front pages (6 leans left, 1 center, 2 right, 1 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 11 AM ET: on 19 front pages (8 leans left, 3 center, 7 right, 1 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 12 PM ET: on 22 front pages (8 leans left, 3 center, 8 right, 3 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 1 PM ET: on 26 front pages (9 leans left, 4 center, 9 right, 4 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 2 PM ET: on 28 front pages (10 leans left, 4 center, 10 right, 4 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 3 PM ET: on 30 front pages (10 leans left, 1 left, 5 center, 10 right, 4 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 4 PM ET: on 33 front pages (12 leans left, 1 left, 5 center, 11 right, 4 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 5 PM ET: on 35 front pages (13 leans left, 1 left, 5 center, 11 right, 5 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 6 PM ET: on 38 front pages (15 leans left, 1 left, 5 center, 12 right, 5 leans right)Thu Nov 12, 7 PM ET: on 39 front pages (15 leans left, 2 left, 5 center, 12 right, 5 leans right)
Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leftleans leftcenterleans rightright. First: Axios, Bloomberg and NBC News, Thu 9:00 AM ET.
Nov 12, 10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PMAxiosAxiosAxios, Nov 12, 9:00 AM ET: Trump orders Vance to focus on "corruption" in Democrat-run areas, not IranNBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Nov 12, 9:00 AM ET: Trump says U.S. doesn't need a deal with IranBloombergBloombergBloomberg, Nov 12, 9:00 AM ET: Trump Says No Need for Iran Deal, Vance Should Focus on USBloomberg, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: Trump Says No Need For Iran Deal, Vance Should Focus on USBloomberg, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: Oil Rises After Trump Says the US Doesn’t Need a Deal With IranBloomberg, Nov 12, 2:00 PM ET: Oil Rises After Trump Declares US Doesn’t Need a Deal With IranNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: Trump orders Vance to focus on blue state ‘corruption and crime,’ says ‘we don’t need a deal with Iran’New York Post, Nov 12, 3:01 PM ET: Trump said he told Vance to focus his “complete and total attention” on benefit fraud in Democrat-run cities and states rather than international diplomacy, adding that the US does not need to complete a deal with Iran at this time.CNBCCNBCCNBC, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: Oil prices mixed after Trump says no Iran deal needed: 'We've got their Strait'CNBC, Nov 12, 1:00 PM ET: Oil prices rise after Trump says no Iran deal needed: 'We've got their Strait'CNBC, Nov 12, 2:00 PM ET: Trump says ‘we don’t need a deal with Iran’MediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: Trump Orders Vance to Drop Iran Negotiations to Probe Blue State ‘CORRUPTION’Yahoo NewsYahoo NewsYahoo News, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: President Trump sidelines Vance from Iran talks and says U.S. no longer needs a dealYahoo News, Nov 12, 12:02 PM ET: Trump says US does not "need" Iran deal, directs Vance to focus on domestic corruptionThe Daily WireThe Daily WireThe Daily Wire, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: Trump Pulls Vance From Iran TalksWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: Trump tells Vance to forget Iran deal and focus on Democratic corruptionCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Nov 12, 10:00 AM ET: Trump says "we don't need a deal with Iran"The Daily SignalThe Daily SignalThe Daily Signal, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: Trump Directs Vance to Settle Issue Other Than Iran WarTownhallTownhallTownhall, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: Trump Declares Iran Deal Isn't Needed – Here's Where He Wants Vance's 'Total Attention' NowThe Daily CallerThe Daily CallerThe Daily Caller, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: Trump Pulls Vance From Iran Negotiations, Orders Him To Focus On Blue State CorruptionReutersReutersReuters, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: Trump says Vance should focus on domestic corruption, 'we don't need a deal with Iran'Reuters, Nov 12, 3:01 PM ET: Trump says US does not need Iran deal, directs Vance to focus on domestic corruptionReuters, Nov 12, 4:00 PM ET: Trump says US does not need Iran deal, directs Vance to focus on domestic corruption - ReutersNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: Trump Says He’s Pulling Vance Off Iran Talks to Focus on Fraud CampaignThe Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: Trump says no deal needed with Iran, closes down Vance negotiationsThe Washington Post, Nov 12, 2:00 PM ET: Trump says no deal needed with Iran, closes down Vance negotiations - The Washington PostNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: Trump Rejects Iran Deal, Targets Blue States Over ‘Corruption’The Post MillennialThe Post MillennialThe Post Millennial, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: BREAKING: Trump tasks Vance with fixing ‘massive corruption and crime’ in Democrat-led cities, statesRed StateRed StateRed State, Nov 12, 11:00 AM ET: Blue-State Fraud Could Balance the Federal Budget? Trump Makes Stunning Claim, Orders Swift ActionPJ MediaPJ MediaPJ Media, Nov 12, 12:02 PM ET: Trump: No Iran Deal, Vance Off Foreign Policy to Focus on Domestic CorruptionThe American Conser…The American ConservativeThe American Conservative, Nov 12, 12:02 PM ET: Iran War Day 258: Trump Says No Deal Necessary With IranThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Nov 12, 12:02 PM ET: Trump pulling J.D. Vance off Iran talksThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Nov 12, 1:00 PM ET: Trump Asks Vance to Focus on Corruption, Says US Doesn’t ‘Need a Deal With Iran’The HillThe HillThe Hill, Nov 12, 1:00 PM ET: Trump: Vance to focus solely on ‘Massive Corruption and Crime’ in Democrat-led cities, statesStar TribuneStar TribuneStar Tribune, Nov 12, 1:00 PM ET: Trump says he’s pulling Vance off Iran talks to focus on fraud campaignThe National DeskThe National DeskThe National Desk, Nov 12, 1:00 PM ET: Trump says he has directed Vance to mainly focus on corruption in Democrat-run citiesThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Nov 12, 2:00 PM ET: Trump orders Vance to drop his work on Iran deal and focus only on finding corruptionFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Nov 12, 2:00 PM ET: Trump claims billions stolen monthly, deploys Vance to go after alleged blue state fraudChicago TribuneChicago TribuneChicago Tribune, Nov 12, 3:01 PM ET: Donald Trump bluntly tells JD Vance to shift focus from Iran to targeting ‘corruption and crime’ at homeThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Nov 12, 3:01 PM ET: Trump says no deal needed on Iran war and orders Vance to focus on domestic issuesMilitary.comMilitary.comMilitary.com, Nov 12, 4:00 PM ET: Trump Bluntly Tells JD Vance to Shift Focus From Iran to Targeting ‘Corruption and Crime’ at HomeCNNCNNCNN, Nov 12, 4:00 PM ET: Trump tells Vance to turn his focus away from Iran: ‘We don’t need a deal’CNN, Nov 12, 7:00 PM ET: Trump tells Vance to turn his focus away from Iran: ‘We don’t need a deal’ The president shifted gears once again in his approach to the war with IranNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Nov 12, 4:00 PM ET: Trump Taps Vance to Target Blue State CorruptionJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Nov 12, 5:00 PM ET: Trump claims US does not need Iran deal, tells Vance to focus on alleged corruptionLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times, Nov 12, 5:00 PM ET: Trump pulls Vance from Iran talks, saying ‘we don’t need a deal’OANOne America News NetworkOne America News Network, Nov 12, 6:00 PM ET: Trump calls on Vance to focus on 'Massive Corruption and Crime' in Democrat-run cities and statesUSA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today, Nov 12, 6:00 PM ET: Trump says deal with Iran not needed, pulls Vance off negotiationsSemaforSemaforSemafor, Nov 12, 6:00 PM ET: Trump says US doesn't need Iran dealHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Nov 12, 7:00 PM ET: Trump Says U.S. Doesn’t ‘Need A Deal With Iran,’ Directs Vance On Alleged Corruption In Blue States📺 TVBBC News, 3:33 PM ET: Trump pulls Vance off Iran war talks📻 radioNPR News Now, Nov 12, 4:12 PM ET: story 3 of 5
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 Reuters headline nearly word for word

Yahoo News

💬 Quoted

  1. “Massive Corruption and Crime”8
  2. “we don't need a deal with Iran”6
  3. “complete and total attention”2
  4. “Corruption”7
  5. “Total Attention”1
  6. “We've got their Strait”1
  7. “CORRUPTION”3

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

3 Google News · Drudge Report · Political Wire

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

✏️ 7 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Bloomberg (4 wordings): “Trump Says No Need for Iran Deal, Vance Should Focus on US” → “Oil Rises After Trump Declares US Doesn’t Need a Deal With Iran”
  • CNBC (3 wordings): “Oil prices mixed after Trump says no Iran deal needed: 'We've got their Strait'” → “Trump says ‘we don’t need a deal with Iran’”
  • CNN (2 wordings): “Trump tells Vance to turn his focus away from Iran: ‘We don’t need a deal’” → “Trump tells Vance to turn his focus away from Iran: ‘We don’t need a deal’ The president shifted gears once again in his approach to the war with Iran”
  • New York Post (2 wordings): “Trump orders Vance to focus on blue state ‘corruption and crime,’ says ‘we don’t need a deal with Iran’” → “Trump said he told Vance to focus his “complete and total attention” on benefit fraud in Democrat-run cities and states rather than international diplomacy, adding that the US does not need to complete a deal with Iran at this time.”
  • Reuters (3 wordings): “Trump says Vance should focus on domestic corruption, 'we don't need a deal with Iran'” → “Trump says US does not need Iran deal, directs Vance to focus on domestic corruption - Reuters”
  • The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Trump says no deal needed with Iran, closes down Vance negotiations” → “Trump says no deal needed with Iran, closes down Vance negotiations - The Washington Post”
  • Yahoo News (2 wordings): “President Trump sidelines Vance from Iran talks and says U.S. no longer needs a deal” → “Trump says US does not "need" Iran deal, directs Vance to focus on domestic corruption”
📰 Every outlet's headline 39left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

minutes its captions were on screen, by channel; the disc is the network's lean

  1. ⚖️ BBC News 58 s

📻 On the radio

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

  1. 🫏 NPR News Now 1× · best #3

🎙️ On the shows

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

  1. 🫏 Adam Mockler 1
  2. 🐘 Erick Erickson 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

🕵️ 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.

🧶 Retelling

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

Donald TrumpIran

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 US–Iran strikes, threats and talks

  1. Soldiers wounded in Iranian drone strike report delayed medical care

    Oct 5, 1 PM ET

  2. Pentagon updates troop death toll in Iran war to 21

    Oct 11, 8 PM ET

  3. U.S. military weighs use of 'mother of all bombs' against Iran

    Oct 15, 8 AM ET

  4. Oil prices rise above $117 amid Middle East tensions

    Oct 23, 7 PM ET

  5. Trump says U.S. may launch another military operation against Iran

    Oct 24, 11 AM ET

  6. U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots against Americans have reached advanced stages

    Oct 24, 1 AM ET

  7. Trump weighs deal with Iran or military action

    Oct 26, 8 AM ET

  8. Trump's oil and gas investments gained millions during the Iran war

    Oct 26, 11 AM ET

  9. U.S. warns allies of possible Iran strikes after midterms

    Oct 28, 6 PM ET

  10. Pentagon estimates Iran war cost at 47.1 billion

    Oct 28, 12 AM ET

  11. Trump says Iran war will end soon

    Oct 30, 6 PM ET

  12. Iran's Supreme leader threatens response without geographic limits as Trump weighs new strikes

    Oct 31, 1 PM ET

  13. Iranian and Qatari negotiators continue talks to end US-Iran war

    Oct 30, 7 PM ET

  14. Netanyahu urges Trump to consider strikes on Iran

    Nov 2, 4 PM ET

  15. Iran proposes 2-day plan to reopen Strait of hormuz

    Nov 3, 12 PM ET

  16. Oil prices fall on hopes for US-Iran diplomatic talks

    Nov 2, 1 PM ET

  17. Tucker Carlson claims Trump is considering nuclear strike on Iran

    Nov 2, 3 PM ET

  18. Trump confirms US strike on iranian air defense site

    Nov 4, 5 AM ET

  19. Trump says Iran wants settlement, deal could happen

    Nov 2, 5 PM ET

  20. U.S. strikes Iran as Trump downplays conflict

    Nov 3, 2 PM ET

  21. U.S. military conducts defensive strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island

    Nov 2, 10 PM ET

  22. Trump meets with national security team as decision on potential strikes against Iran pending

    Nov 6, 11 AM ET

  23. Trump weighs next steps in Iran conflict after midterm losses

    Nov 7, 10 AM ET

  24. U.S. conducts minor strikes on Iranian targets near Strait of Hormuz

    Nov 7, 10 AM ET

  25. Trump and Rubio defend Iran war amid GOP midterm losses

    Nov 8, 10 PM ET

  26. Oil prices fall below $90 as Iran tensions ease

    Nov 10, 6 AM ET

  27. Trump claims Iran war is effectively over, cites Qatar and Saudi support

    Nov 8, 5 PM ET

  28. Treasury Secretary Bessent moves to military base over Iranian threats

    Nov 10, 11 PM ET

  29. Trump directs Vance to focus on domestic corruption instead of Iran negotiations (this story)

    Nov 12, 10 AM ET

  30. Trump and Netanyahu have phone call over Iran war

    Nov 12, 10 AM ET

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