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Senator Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate majority leader

Nov 12, 10 PM ET to Nov 14, 7 PM ET · 4 outlets not rated for lean

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  1. Nov 12, 1 PM ET

    first on a front page: The Hill

  2. Nov 12, 10 PM ET

    first on TV: MSNOW

  3. Nov 12, 10 PM ET

    first on the radio: NPR News Now

  4. Nov 12, 11 PM ET

    the news that day, Newsmax:

    “Van Hollen Vs. Schumer for Majority Leader”

  5. Nov 13, 3 PM ET

    the news that day, One America News Network:

    “Van Hollen announces bid to challenge Schumer for Senate Dem leader role”

  6. Nov 13, 9 PM ET

    peak: on 55 front pages at once

  7. Nov 14, 2 PM ET

    the news that day, New York Magazine:

    “Van Hollen Challenge to Schumer Raises Odds of Government Shutdown”

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

📡 Wire copy

3 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word

ABC News, CNBC, The Washington Times

💬 Quoted

  1. “Boom!”1
  2. “move on to new leadership”1
  3. “no longer pursuing”1
  4. “underdog”1
  5. “We need new leadership”1
  6. “called for change”1
  7. “People called for change”2
  8. “I'm the underdog”1

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

4 Google News · Political Wire · Real Clear Politics · Drudge Report

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

▸ ✏️ 30 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • ABC News (3 wordings): “Maryland Sen. Van Hollen says he will challenge Sen. Schumer for Democratic leader” → “Schumer and Van Hollen face off for Senate majority leader. What do Democrats think?”
  • AP (2 wordings): “Van Hollen to challenge Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying voters ‘called for change’” → “Van Hollen to challenge Schumer for Senate Democratic leader - AP News”
  • Axios (3 wordings): “Chris Van Hollen to challenge Schumer for Senate majority leader” → “The senators who could join Van Hollen's insurgency”
  • BBC (2 wordings): “Democrat Senate leader Schumer set to face left-wing challenge” → “Democratic Senate leader Schumer set to face leadership challenge”
  • Bloomberg (3 wordings): “Van Hollen Challenges Schumer for Senate Leader in New Congress” → “Progressive Challenge to Schumer Opens Fight for Bolder Agenda”
  • Breitbart (3 wordings): “Van Hollen: I Will Challenge Schumer for Majority Leader” → “Van Hollen: I Will Challenge Schumer for Senate Majority Leader”
  • CNN (2 wordings): “Breaking News Chris Van Hollen launches challenge against Chuck Schumer to lead Senate Democrats The Maryland senator launched an uphill battle to lead the chamber’s Democrats after sweeping victories in the midterms” → “Chris Van Hollen launches challenge against Chuck Schumer to lead Senate Democrats The Maryland senator launched an uphill battle to lead the chamber’s Democrats after sweeping victories in the midterms”
  • Fox News (7 wordings): “Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate leadership after Democratic election sweep” → “Schumer faces historic challenge as progressive rival targets his leadership post”
  • HuffPost (2 wordings): “Chris Van Hollen Announces Bid For Senate Majority Leader” → “Chris Van Hollen Rules Out Presidential Bid As He Seeks Majority Leader Job”
  • Just the News (2 wordings): “Van Hollen says he will challenge Schumer for Senate Majority Leader: 'People called for change'” → “Van Hollen believes Democrats should abolish Senate filibuster, rules out 2028 presidential bid”
  • NBC News (2 wordings): “Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer for majority leader” → “Schumer, Van Hollen and the next big test for Senate Democrats”
  • New York Post (2 wordings): “Lefty Dem challenging Schumer for Senate Majority leader, arguing voters ‘called for change’” → “Lefty Dem challenging Schumer for Senate majority leader, arguing voters ‘called for change’”
  • New York Times (2 wordings): “Chris Van Hollen Set to Challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate Majority Leader” → “Democrats Vie for Support in Race for Top Senate Job”
  • Newsmax (3 wordings): “Sen. Van Hollen Challenges Schumer for Majority Leader” → “Van Hollen Challenges Schumer for Majority Leader”
  • Newsweek (2 wordings): “Chuck Schumer Faces Senate Majority Challenger as Van Hollen Enters Race” → “Chris Van Hollen’s Chances of Beating Chuck Schumer to Become Senate Leader”
  • Punchbowl News (4 wordings): “Van Hollen takes on Schumer Washington” → “Chris Van Hollen rules out presidential run Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is going all in to try to oust Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. premium Senate”
  • Red State (2 wordings): “New: Chris Van Hollen Makes His Move Against Chuck Schumer” → “Things Go Sideways for Chuck Schumer As Dems Get Massive Senate News”
  • Scripps News (2 wordings): “Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen to run for Senate Majority Leader position” → “Van Hollen challenges Schumer as Democrats face post-election leadership fight”
  • Talking Points Memo (2 wordings): “Chuck Schumer Gets a Challenge For Majority Leader” → “Van Hollen Says the Filibuster Should Go”
  • The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “Dems in Disarray: Chuck Schumer Gets a Challenger in Race to Be the Next Senate Majority Leader” → “Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen Says He Will Nuke the Filibuster if Elected Senate Majority Leader (VIDEO)”
  • The Guardian (6 wordings): “Chris Van Hollen says he will run for Senate majority leader, challenging fellow Democrat Chuck Schumer” → “What the choice between Chuck Schumer and Chris Van Hollen for Senate leader is all about”
  • The Hill (8 wordings): “Van Hollen puts Schumer on notice” → “Van Hollen CHALLENGING Chuck Schumer (Plus: Talarico URGES Dems work with Trump) | RISING”
  • The Nation (2 wordings): “Chris Van Hollen’s Leadership Bid Is Starting Strong” → “Why Progressives Are Backing Chris Van Hollen”
  • The National Desk (5 wordings): “Sen. Van Hollen floated as Schumer alternative as Dems debate Senate, House leadership” → “Schumer or Van Hollen: Which voice will guide the new Democratic Senate?”
  • The Washington Post (6 wordings): “Van Hollen announces challenge to Schumer to lead the Senate” → “Van Hollen ‘no longer pursuing’ possible 2028 bid as he seeks Senate leader job”
  • The Washington Sun (2 wordings): “Chris Van Hollen Is Challenging Chuck Schumer for Democratic Leader” → “Chris Van Hollen Says He Won’t Run for President in 2028”
  • The Washington Times (2 wordings): “Van Hollen to challenge Schumer for Senate Democratic leader” → “Senate majority leader race: Van Hollen jumps in, but Schumer says he has the votes”
  • USA Today (2 wordings): “Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader” → “Van Hollen officially challenges Schumer for Senate leader”
  • Washington Examiner (5 wordings): “Chris Van Hollen launches bid to unseat Schumer as Senate majority leader” → “Schumer leads ‘underdog’ Van Hollen in leader endorsements”
  • Yahoo News (3 wordings): “Van Hollen takes on Schumer for majority leader after Democrats flip Senate” → “Sen Bernie Sanders supports Chris Van Hollen's bid to challenge Schumer for Senate Democratic leader post”
📰 Every outlet's headline 57left 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. 🫏 MSNOW 35 min
  2. 🐘 Fox News 15 min
  3. 🫏 CNN 27 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 15× · 🥇 led 6
  2. 🫏 ABC News Update 5× · 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. 🫏 The Young Turks 2
  2. 🐘 Erick Erickson 2
  3. 🫏 Adam Mockler 1
  4. 🐘 Fox News Rundown 1
  5. 🫏 The Majority Report 1
  6. 🫏 CNN 5 Things 1
  7. ⚖️ WSJ What's News 1
  8. 🫏 Pod Save America 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

🕵️ investigative reporting on it and 🃏 satire joking about it (jokes, never counted as coverage); the bar is pieces

  1. 🃏 The Hard Times 1
  2. 🃏 The Babylon Bee 1

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🧩 How it's being told

The stories under this news, from our motif index, and who told each: the shows we follow by their lean, people online, fact-checkers. A story people tell, not a claim that it's true; claims are matched to this story by our tools, so a link can be wrong.

  • 🧩 Radical left 🐘 1 right show
    as told: “Chris Van Hollen challenges Chuck Schumer, saying voters rejected Trump but haven't yet hired Democrats; critics mock Democrats as wanting someone crazier.”
  • 🧩 Rented voters 🐘 1 right show
    as told: “Chris Van Hollen challenges Chuck Schumer, saying voters rejected Trump but haven't yet hired Democrats; critics mock Democrats as wanting someone crazier.”

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

🗣️ Names in it

Chris Van HollenSen. Chuck SchumerSenateDemocratic PartySenate Democratic leader

🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

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