BND - USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after 321-day deployment

🗞️ Story file #198

USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after 321-day deployment

Oct 7, 3 PM ET to Oct 11, 10 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

32outlets carried it
🫏14 · 8 · 9🐘left · center · right
3.8 dayson the front pages
31front pages at once, at its peak
118 minof TV captions
8radio 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, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: Military.com
Oct 7, 5 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 7, 6 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 8, 8 PM ETpeak: on 31 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 7, 3 PM to Oct 11, 10 AM ET (peak 31), 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.

📡 wire copy: 2 outlets ran the AP headline nearly word for word (Chicago Tribune, PBS NewsHour)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Drudge Report

💬 quoted: “Failed Mission!” “the Media” “wasn't easy” “Changed the arc of history”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 diego bay 🫏 lincoln sailors

✏️ 19 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “Hegseth greets USS Abraham Lincoln near the end of record long deployment” → “Home at last: USS Abraham Lincoln completes record-setting deployment”
AP (2 wordings): “The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay” → “The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay - AP News”
BBC (2 wordings): “USS Lincoln docks in San Diego after 10-month mission” → “USS Lincoln finally docks in San Diego after 10-month mission”
Just the News (3 wordings): “Hegseth to greet USS Abraham Lincoln in San Diego this week after months-long deployment” → “Families reunite with crew of USS Abraham Lincoln as it returns to San Diego”
Los Angeles Times (2 wordings): “USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after 321 days, controversy over on-board conditions” → “Emotion spills over as USS Abraham Lincoln returns home after grueling 321-day deployment”
Military.com (6 wordings): “USS Abraham Lincoln Returns to San Diego After Historic and Controversial 300-Day Deployment Read More” → “USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Welcomed by Families After Return to San Diego”
NBC News (2 wordings): “USS Lincoln nearly home after more than 300 days at sea” → “USS Lincoln docks in San Diego Bay following scrutinized 322-day deployment”
New York Post (3 wordings): “Hegseth does two pushups and gives hero’s welcome to USS Abraham Lincoln crew: ‘Changed the arc of history’” → “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave a hero’s welcome to the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln as they returned to San Diego after spending some 300 days at sea.”
News Nation (2 wordings): “LIVE: USS Abraham Lincoln returns to US after record deployment” → “USS Abraham Lincoln returns to US after record deployment”
Newsmax (3 wordings): “Pentagon Chief Visits Carrier Returning from Tough Iran war Deployment” → “USS Lincoln Is Returning Home to San Diego”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Hegseth Rallies USS Lincoln Crew on Iran After More Than 10 Months at Sea” → “USS Abraham Lincoln’s Condition As It Makes Port: What Photos Show”
PBS NewsHour (2 wordings): “WATCH: Hegseth welcomes return of USS Lincoln after long, troubled deployment” → “Long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay”
Red State (3 wordings): “She's Home! USS Lincoln Returns After 321 Days and Torpedoes the Media's Doom-Filled Narrative Teri Christoph” → “Military She's Home! USS Lincoln Returns After 321 Days and Torpedoes the Media's Doom-Filled Narrative Teri Christoph”
Straight Arrow News (2 wordings): “Hegseth welcomes USS Abraham Lincoln crew home after 300-day deployment” → “USS Lincoln returns to San Diego after historic 10-month deployment”
The Epoch Times (8 wordings): “Hegseth to Welcome USS Abraham Lincoln Back After Long Middle East Deployment” → “Long-Deployed USS Lincoln Returns to Home Port in San Diego”
The Guardian (7 wordings): “Hegseth tells USS Lincoln sailors controversial deployment ‘wasn’t easy’” → “Thousands turn out to welcome weary USS Lincoln sailors after grueling deployment”
The Hill (5 wordings): “Watch live: Hegseth delivers remarks as USS Abraham Lincoln returns” → “USS Abraham Lincoln docks in San Diego after grueling deployment”
USA Today (6 wordings): “The USS Lincoln is returning home as lengthy deployment ends” → “USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in San Diego”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “After more than 10 months deployed, USS Lincoln crew gets top honor from Hegseth” → “USS Abraham Lincoln returns home after 265 days at sea and reports of dire conditions”