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Ken Paxton discusses Iran war and gas prices in latest leaked audio
Oct 7, 12 PM ET to Oct 8, 1 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
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Oct 7, 12 PM 6 PM Oct 8 6 AM 12 PM MediaiteMediaite Mediaite, Oct 7, 8:00 AM ET: LEAKED AUDIO: Ken Paxton Privately Points to Trump’s Iran War as ‘By Far Our Biggest Problem’ ForbesForbes Forbes, Oct 7, 10:00 AM ET: Ken Paxton Complains About Gas Prices And Iran War In Latest Leaked Audio New York PostNew York Post New York Post, Oct 7, 11:00 AM ET: Ken Paxton rips into Iran war in another shocking audio leak: ‘People are feeling the pinch’ The Washington SunThe Washington Sun The Washington Sun, Oct 7, 11:00 AM ET: Ken Paxton Audio Keeps Leaking: Now It's His Frustrations Over Iran The Daily CallerThe Daily Caller The Daily Caller, Oct 7, 12:00 PM ET: Ken Paxton Heard In Leaked Audio Blaming Iran War For Struggling Senate Run After Publicly Defending US Involvement AxiosAxios Axios, Oct 7, 12:00 PM ET: ANOTHER Leaked Audio Blames Woes On Iran War, Gas Prices... The GuardianThe Guardian The Guardian, Oct 7, 1:00 PM ET: Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio 📺 TV CNN, 1:02 PM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON BLAMES IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES FOR CAMPAIGN'S WOES CNN, 2:02 PM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON BLAMES IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES FOR CAMPAIGN'S WOES CNN, 2:38 PM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON BLAMES IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES FOR CAMPAIGN'S WOES CNN, 2:39 PM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON BLAMES IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES FOR CAMPAIGN'S WOES CNN, 2:40 PM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON BLAMES IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES FOR CAMPAIGN'S WOES CNN, 4:00 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4:01 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4:01 PM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 4:02 PM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 4:04 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4:05 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4:06 PM ET: “IT’S THE WAR, IT'S GAS PRICES”: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO FROM PAXTON SHOWS WHAT HE THINKS IS “DRAGGING” HIS CAMPAIGN CNN, 4:06 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4:07 PM ET: “IT’S THE WAR, IT'S GAS PRICES”: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO FROM PAXTON SHOWS WHAT HE THINKS IS “DRAGGING” HIS CAMPAIGN CNN, 4:07 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4:07 PM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 4:07 PM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 4:07 PM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 4:08 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4:09 PM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 4:09 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4:10 PM ET: NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR MSNOW, 5:16 PM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON PRIVATELY BLAMES WOES ON WAR, GAS PRICES CNN, 6:52 PM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON PRIVATELY BLAMES CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 7:09 PM ET: AUDIO: PAXTON SAYS AFFORDABILITY IS "OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM" IN NEW AUDIO CNN, 7:10 PM ET: AUDIO: PAXTON SAYS AFFORDABILITY IS "OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM" IN NEW AUDIO CNN, 8:01 PM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 8:02 PM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 8:06 PM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 8:08 PM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 8:09 PM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 8:10 PM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES MSNOW, 9:33 PM ET: PAXTON PRIVATELY BLAMES WOES ON IRAN WAR CNN, 10:03 PM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 10:05 PM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 10:05 PM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 10:06 PM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 10:06 PM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 10:07 PM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 10:08 PM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 12:02 AM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON SAYS IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES HURTING CAMPAIGN MSNOW, 12:32 AM ET: PAXTON PRIVATELY BLAMES WOES ON IRAN WAR CNN, 1:01 AM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON SAYS IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES HURTING CAMPAIGN CNN, 1:02 AM ET: AXIOS: PAXTON SAYS IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES HURTING CAMPAIGN CNN, 2:01 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 2:02 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 2:05 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 2:05 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 2:06 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 2:06 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 2:06 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 2:07 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 2:07 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 2:07 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 2:08 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 2:08 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 2:09 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 2:10 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 2:10 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 2:10 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO. Brad Todd | Republican Strategist CNN, 3:03 AM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 3:04 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS. Chuck Rocha | Substack: The Rocha Revolution CNN, 3:04 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3:05 AM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 3:05 AM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 3:05 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3:06 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3:06 AM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 3:06 AM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 3:06 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3:07 AM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 3:08 AM ET: GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 3:10 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3:10 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3:11 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3:11 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3:12 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 4:01 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 4:02 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 4:05 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 4:05 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 4:06 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 4:06 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 4:06 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 4:07 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 4:07 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 4:07 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 4:08 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 4:08 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 4:09 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 4:10 AM ET: NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 4:10 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 4:10 AM ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO. Brad Todd | Republican Strategist Fox News, 4:31 AM ET: FOX POLL: TALARICO NARROWLY LEADS PAXTON IN TEXAS MSNOW, 4:32 AM ET: PAXTON PRIVATELY BLAMES WOES ON IRAN WAR MSNOW, 4:33 AM ET: PAXTON PRIVATELY BLAMES WOES ON IRAN WAR MSNOW, 5:30 AM ET: KEN PAXTON’S SECRET WEAPON: TED CNN, 5:31 AM ET: Trump: "No Regrets Backing Paxton In Senate Despite Leaked Audio MSNOW, 5:32 AM ET: KEN PAXTON’S SECRET WEAPON: TED MSNOW, 5:35 AM ET: KEN PAXTON’S SECRET WEAPON: TED CNN, 6:12 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:13 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:13 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:13 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:14 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:14 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:15 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:15 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:16 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:16 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:16 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:17 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:17 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 6:18 AM ET: TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 10:54 AM ET: Business - price Start of war $2.98 +$1.38 🧶 online 🧶found retold online (the day's report) Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline
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💬 quoted: “By Far Our Biggest Problem” “People are feeling the pinch”
Every outlet's first headline (7), left to right by AllSides rating
📡 Broadcast TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
CNN 58 min
MSNOW 4 min
Fox News 18 s
NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO OF PAXTON SHOWS HIM PRIVATELY BLAMING HIS CAMPAIGN WOES ON IRAN WAR & GAS PRICES CNN, 13 min TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" BACKING PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 11 min GOP'S PAXTON CRITICIZES TRUMP IN ANOTHER LEAKED AUDIO TAPE CNN, 7 min TRUMP CAMPAIGNS WITH PAXTON AMID NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO CNN, 7 min NOW: TRUMP EN ROUTE TO CAMPAIGN WITH PAXTON AS NEWEST LEAKED AUDIO SHOWS PAXTON BLAMING CAMPAIGN WOES ON TRUMP'S IRAN WAR CNN, 4 min TRUMP: "NO REGRETS" ABOUT ENDORSING PAXTON CNN, 4 min TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS FOR PAXTON DESPITE AUDIO LEAKS CNN, 3 min KEN PAXTON’S SECRET WEAPON: TED MSNOW, 3 min
🧶 Retelling what people online made of it
Ken Paxton's Senate campaign is being negatively impacted by the Iran war and high gas prices, as he admitted in private meetings with donors and lobbyists. Oct 8: told by 7 people
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The Guardian
Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio Oct 7, 1 PM ET
Axios
ANOTHER Leaked Audio Blames Woes On Iran War, Gas Prices... Oct 7, 12 PM ET
Mediaite
LEAKED AUDIO: Ken Paxton Privately Points to Trump’s Iran War as ‘By Far Our Biggest Problem’ Oct 7, 8 AM ET
Forbes
Ken Paxton Complains About Gas Prices And Iran War In Latest Leaked Audio Oct 7, 10 AM ET
New York Post
Ken Paxton rips into Iran war in another shocking audio leak: ‘People are feeling the pinch’ Oct 7, 11 AM ET
The Daily Caller
Ken Paxton Heard In Leaked Audio Blaming Iran War For Struggling Senate Run After Publicly Defending US Involvement Oct 7, 12 PM ET
The Washington Sun
Ken Paxton Audio Keeps Leaking: Now It's His Frustrations Over Iran Oct 7, 11 AM ET