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Trump interrupted by protesters at Texas rally

Oct 7, 12 PM ET to Oct 9, 7 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

37outlets carried it
🫏17 · 7 · 12🐘left · center · right
2.3 dayson the front pages
36front pages at once, at its peak
184 minof TV captions
7radio newscasts
1 of 2parts of a saga

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Oct 7, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: Townhall
Oct 7, 12 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 7, 5 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 8, 8 PM ETpeak: on 36 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 7, 12 PM to Oct 9, 7 PM ET (peak 36), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

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. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire

💬 quoted: “destroy” “filthy” “They're paid by enemies of our nation” “Welcome” “get the hell out” 2 “paid protesters” “Get the hell out!” 2 “your mom”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 rally descends

✏️ 21 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Bloomberg (2 wordings): “Trump Defends Border Policies in Texas as Senate Race Heats Up” → “Trump Defends Border Policies in Texas as Senate Race Heats Up The president's emphatic defense of his immigration policies comes as Republicans are seeking to shore up their standing with Hispanic voters.”
Breitbart (2 wordings): “San Antonio Democrats and Socialists ‘Welcome’ Trump with Twin Protests Outside Rally…” → “San Antonio Democrats and Socialists ‘Welcome’ Trump with Twin Protests Outside Rally”
CNN (4 wordings): “Trump returns to Texas for Senate nominee he can’t help but insult Audio leaks show Ken Paxton privately blaming the president for his campaign struggles” → “Trump stumps for embattled Texas Senate candidate at raucous rally”
Fox News (2 wordings): “Hecklers interrupt Trump Texas rally multiple times” → “Trump warns protesters to 'get the hell out'”
HuffPost (3 wordings): “Trump Has Meltdown Over His Dwindling Crowd Sizes: ‘Thousands Were Turned Away!’” → “Trump Interrupted By Protesters As He Fights To Rally Texas Voters Behind Paxton In U.S. Senate Race”
Independent Journal Review (2 wordings): “Trump rallies in Texas for Paxton Senate bid” → “Trump Urges Debate in Deadlocked Texas Senate Race”
Mediaite (2 wordings): “Trump Texas Rally Descends Into Chaos as Hecklers Repeatedly Interrupt Speech: ‘They’re Paid by Enemies of Our Nation’” → “Trump Texas Rally Descends Into Chaos as Hecklers Repeatedly Interrupt Speech...”
NBC News (6 wordings): “Live updates: Trump to rally for Senate candidate Ken Paxton in San Antonio” → “Live updates: Trump speaks at rally for Senate candidate Ken Paxton in Texas”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Trump Texas Rally Takeaways as Paxton’s Fate Hangs in the Balance” → “Trump Texas Rally Takeaways as Protesters Repeatedly Disrupt President”
PBS NewsHour (2 wordings): “WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at rally for Senate candidate Ken Paxton in San Antonio” → “WATCH: Trump speaks at rally for Senate candidate Ken Paxton in San Antonio”
Raw Story (4 wordings): “Newly leaked audio reveals rattled Ken Paxton blaming Trump for campaign fails” → “Outrage after 'MAGA thug' assaults Trump protester at Texas rally: 'Bunch of snowflakes'”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Trump makes third Texas trip in a month as Republicans defend longtime stronghold” → “Trump rallies for Paxton in third Texas trip in a month as Republicans defend stronghold”
The Epoch Times (3 wordings): “Trump Departs for Campaign Event in Texas” → “Trump Participates in Midterm Rally in San Antonio”
The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “WATCH LIVE: President Trump Holds Rally for Ken Paxton in San Antonio, Texas – 7 PM ET” → “Texas Rallygoers Heckle and Pour Water on Leftist Protestors at Trump Rally in San Antonio (VIDEOS)”
The Guardian (4 wordings): “Trump heads to Texas as Republican midterms woes deepen” → “Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests”
The Hill (8 wordings): “President heads to Texas as Republican worries mount over Paxton, Talarico...” → “Trump interrupted by protesters at Texas rally: ‘They’re paid by enemies of ...”
The Independent (3 wordings): “Trump and Paxton face awkward showdown in Texas as leaked audio reveals him trashing president” → “Trump resorts to body-shaming after hecklers interrupt rally 7 times”
The New Republic (2 wordings): “Ken Paxton Trashes Trump in Leaked Audio Ahead of His Visit to Texas” → “Trump Jokes Around as Supporter Attacks Protester at a Rally”
The Washington Times (2 wordings): “Trump warns Democratic majority would ‘destroy’ Texas at Paxton rally” → “Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in U.S. Senate race”
Townhall (4 wordings): “Trump Heads Back to Texas As His Fight to Keep Senate Red Continues” → “This Is What Trump Said When Asked Whether He Regrets Backing Ken Paxton”
Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “WATCH LIVE: Trump stumps for Ken Paxton in San Antonio” → “Trump heckled at Texas rally for Ken Paxton, blames ‘paid protesters’”