BND - FBI foils ISIS-inspired terror plot at Mall of America

🗞️ Story file #194

FBI foils ISIS-inspired terror plot at Mall of America

Oct 7, 2 PM ET to Oct 10, 11 AM ET

39outlets carried it
🫏12 · 7 · 20🐘left · center · right
2.9 dayson the front pages
39front pages at once, at its peak
72 minof TV captions
4radio newscasts

👣 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.

Oct 7, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: ABC News
Oct 7, 2 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 7, 3 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 8, 11 AM ETpeak: on 39 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 7, 2 PM to Oct 10, 11 AM ET (peak 39), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

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.

📡 wire copy: 2 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Los Angeles Times, NBC News)

📌 linked by aggregators: Drudge Report Google News

💬 quoted: “Start killing a bunch of white people” “Mass Casualty” “mass-casualty” “I want to harm the Jew” “radicalized young man”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 agents sold 🫏 assault rifle 🐘 fbi arrests

✏️ 13 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (4 wordings): “Man arrested in foiled mass shooting plot at Mall of America, federal officials say” → “Man arrested for Mall of America terror plot: Feds”
Breitbart (3 wordings): “FBI Arrests Alleged ISIS-Inspired Attacker Planning Minnesota Mass Shooting at Mall of America” → “FBI Arrests Alleged ISIS-Inspired Attacker Planning MN Mass Shooting at Mall of America”
CNN (2 wordings): “Breaking News Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charge man with terrorism after they say he planned to target the Mall of America” → “Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charge man with terrorism after they say he planned to target the Mall of America”
Fox News (4 wordings): “Mall of America terror plot thwarted, suspected ISIS sympathizer arrested, FBI announces” → “Mall of America terror plot suspect is birthright citizen with Somali parents: sources”
Just the News (2 wordings): “Man in Minnesota allegedly planned attack on Mall of America” → “FBI says it stopped the Mall of America terror attack after selling rifle to teenage suspect”
Los Angeles Times (2 wordings): “FBI says it thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a man it supplied with an assault rifle” → “FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terrorist attack by a man after agents sold him an assault rifle”
New York Post (2 wordings): “FBI arrest teen for allegedly planning terror attack at America’s largest shopping mall” → “Somali immigrant charged with plotting antisemitic terror attack on Mall of America: ‘I want to harm the Jew’”
PJ Media (2 wordings): “Just Before October 7, FBI Thwarts ISIS-Tied Plot for Mall of America Mass Shooting” → “The FBI Stopped a Major Terror Plot, and It’s Scary What This 18-Year-Old Reportedly Had Planned”
Red State (3 wordings): “New: FBI Arrests ISIS Supporter in Mall of America Plot” → “Islamic Terrorism New: FBI Arrests ISIS Supporter in Mall of America Plot Ward Clark”
Star Tribune (5 wordings): “Federal terrorism charge: Man planned attack on Mall of America” → “Mall of America prepared for terror attacks years before foiled mass shooting”
The Federalist (2 wordings): “FBI: Pro-ISIS Somali Anchor Baby Plotted Terror Attack On Mall Of America” → “4 Trending: FBI: Pro-ISIS Somali Anchor Baby Plotted Terror Attack On Mall Of America”
Townhall (3 wordings): “Teen Arrested in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot to Terrorize Mall of America” → “Man Arrested in Alleged ISIS-Inspired 'Mass Casualty' Attack on Mall of America”
Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “FBI stops Mall of America ISIS terrorist plot in yearslong sting operation” → “FBI stops Mall of America ISIS terrorist plot in sting operation”

Every outlet's first headline (39), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost The FBI Says It Thwarted An Attack On The Mall Of America Oct 7, 3 PM ET
The Guardian FBI says it thwarted terrorist attack in Minnesota by an 18-year-old it supplied with an AK-47 Oct 7, 5 PM ET
ABC News Man arrested in foiled mass shooting plot at Mall of America, federal officials say Oct 7, 2 PM ET
AP FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault rifle Oct 7, 6 PM ET
CBS News Man eyed Mall of America for attack, pledged allegiance to ISIS, FBI says Oct 7, 1 PM ET
CNN Breaking News Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charge man with terrorism after they say he planned to target the Mall of America Oct 7, 3 PM ET
Los Angeles Times FBI says it thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a man it supplied with an assault rifle Oct 7, 5 PM ET
Mediaite BREAKING: FBI Nabs ISIS-Loving Teen Who Allegedly Plotted to Massacre Non-Muslims at USA’s Biggest Mall Oct 7, 3 PM ET
NBC News FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack after agents sold teen assault rifle Oct 8, 6 AM ET
Star Tribune Federal terrorism charge: Man planned attack on Mall of America Oct 7, 2 PM ET
The Independent FBI arrests Minnesota teen who planned ISIS-inspired Mall of America attack Oct 7, 4 PM ET
The Washington Post FBI says it stopped teen’s plan for ISIS-inspired attack at Mall of America Oct 7, 8 PM ET
Fortune FBI thwarts ‘radicalized young man’ after undercover sting operation where he bought an assault rifle to attack the Mall of America Oct 7, 4 PM ET
News Nation Islamic terrorist attack in Minneapolis foiled, FBI says Oct 7, 3 PM ET
Newsweek Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud: Minnesota Man Charged Over ISIS Plot Oct 8, 2 AM ET
Reuters FBI arrests man for plotting mass shooting at Mall of America Oct 7, 7 PM ET
Scripps News Crime Alleged Mall of America attack foiled after FBI sold teen suspect rifle in sting AP via Scripps News Group Oct 7, 2 PM ET
Straight Arrow News FBI says it arrested a man who planned terrorist attack at the Mall of America Oct 7, 3 PM ET
The Hill FBI foils alleged terrorist attack at Minneapolis’s Mall of America Oct 7, 4 PM ET
Just the News Man in Minnesota allegedly planned attack on Mall of America Oct 7, 4 PM ET
The Epoch Times FBI Arrests 18-Year-Old Accused of Plotting ISIS Mall of America Attack in Minnesota Oct 7, 4 PM ET
The Washington Times ‘Start killing a bunch of white people’: Feds foil ISIS plot for mass shooting at Mall of America Oct 7, 6 PM ET
Washington Examiner FBI stops Mall of America ISIS terrorist plot in yearslong sting operation Oct 7, 3 PM ET
Breitbart FBI Arrests Alleged ISIS-Inspired Attacker Planning Minnesota Mass Shooting at Mall of America Oct 7, 5 PM ET
Fox News Mall of America terror plot thwarted, suspected ISIS sympathizer arrested, FBI announces Oct 7, 2 PM ET
IJR Man Arrested Over Alleged ISIS Mall Plot Oct 7, 4 PM ET
New York Post FBI arrest teen for allegedly planning terror attack at America’s largest shopping mall Oct 7, 2 PM ET
Newsmax Minnesota Man Charged in ISIS-Inspired Mall Plot Oct 7, 5 PM ET
OAN DOJ: FBI arrests and charges teen for planning ‘mass-casualty’ event at Mall of America in support of ISIS Oct 7, 4 PM ET
PJ Media Just Before October 7, FBI Thwarts ISIS-Tied Plot for Mall of America Mass Shooting Oct 7, 3 PM ET
Red State New: FBI Arrests ISIS Supporter in Mall of America Plot Oct 7, 2 PM ET
The Blaze Teen wannabe ISIS terrorist plotted to slaughter dozens of non-Muslims at Mall of America, FBI says Oct 7, 6 PM ET
The Daily Caller FBI Foils Alleged ISIS Plot To Massacre Mall Of America Shoppers Oct 7, 5 PM ET
The Daily Wire Somali Man Accused Of Plotting Mall Of America Attack In Name Of ISIS Oct 7, 3 PM ET
The Federalist FBI: Pro-ISIS Somali Anchor Baby Plotted Terror Attack On Mall Of America Oct 8, 11 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit Another ISIS Sympathizer in Tim Walz’s Minnesota: FBI Arrests an 18-Year-Old Somali Suspect at Gunpoint After Plotting a Mass-Casualty Attack at Mall of America Oct 7, 3 PM ET
The Post Millennial Feds arrest ISIS sympathizer Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud for plotting massive terror attack at Minnesota's Mall of America Oct 7, 3 PM ET
The Western Journal Breaking: FBI Arrests Somali-American Allegedly Planning ISIS Attack in Minnesota Oct 7, 4 PM ET
Townhall Teen Arrested in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot to Terrorize Mall of America Oct 7, 3 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

Fox News43 min

CNN28 min

MSNOW6 s

MINNESOTA MAN CHARGED IN ALLEGED MALL OF AMERICA TERROR PLOT CNN, 7 min
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS CHARGE MAN WITH TERRORISM AFTER HE DISCUSSED TARGETING THE MALL OF AMERICA CNN, 6 min
FEDS CHARGE MAN IN ALLEGED PLOT TO ATTACK MALL OF AMERICA CNN, 4 min
FBI: MINNESOTA TERROR PLOT FOILED Fox News, 3 min
FEDS THWART ALLEGED MALL OF AMERICA TERROR PLOT Fox News, 3 min
FBI: 18-YEAR-OLD MN MAN PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS, PLANNED MASS SHOOTING AT MALL OF AMERICA Fox News, 3 min
WAVE OF SHOOTINGS IN THE TWIN CITIES Fox News, 2 min
18-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN ALLEGED PLOT TO ATTACK MALL OF AMERICA. Richard Kolko | Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent CNN, 2 min