BND - Trump rules out Iran strikes before midterms

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Trump rules out Iran strikes before midterms

Oct 8, 11 AM ET to Oct 10, 9 PM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean

37outlets carried it
🫏14 · 7 · 14🐘left · center · right
2.4 dayson the front pages
37front pages at once, at its peak
23 minof TV captions
4radio newscasts
1fact-check

👣 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 8, 11 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Hill
Oct 8, 12 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 8, 5 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 9, 9 AM ETpeak: on 37 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 8, 11 AM to Oct 10, 9 PM ET (peak 37), 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: 1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (New York Post)

📌 linked by aggregators: Real Clear Politics Drudge Report Google News Political Wire

💬 quoted: “Productive” “will not be attacking Iran” “At Any Time Prior To The Midterm Elections” “We Are Having Productive Discussions” 2 “at any time prior to the Midterm Elections” “has all options” “Humiliated” “Win”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 trump rules

✏️ 18 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Axios (2 wordings): “Trump rules out Iran strikes before midterms” → “Trump: U.S. won't attack Iran before midterms”
Bloomberg (6 wordings): “Trump Says US Won’t Attack Iran Before Midterm Election He cited what he said were “productive discussions” with the Islamic Republic.” → “Oil Retreats as Trump Rules Out Attacks on Iran Before Midterms Trump’s decision to lay off on new strikes comes despite Tehran escalating attacks in the waterway.”
Breitbart (3 wordings): “Trump Rules Out Iran Strikes Before Midterms” → “Trump Rules Out Iran Strikes Before Midterms, Citing ‘Productive’ Talks and Ongoing Blockade”
CNN (2 wordings): “Trump says he will not attack Iran before the midterm election President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has no plans to strike Iran before the midterm election.” → “Trump says he will not attack Iran before the midterm election”
Independent Journal Review (2 wordings): “Oil Prices Fall as Trump Signals Iran Talks” → “Trump Rules Out Iran Attack Before Midterms”
Mediaite (2 wordings): “Trump Reportedly Weighing New Iran Strikes Before Midterms in Bid for ‘Win’” → “Trump Declares No Attacks on Iran Before Midterms: ‘We Are Having Productive Discussions’”
News Nation (2 wordings): “White House won't say whether Trump is weighing Iran strike before midterms” → “Trump says US won't attack Iran before midterm elections”
Newsmax (4 wordings): “White House: Trump Has 'All Options' on Iran” → “Trump Rules Out Iran Attacks Before Midterm Elections”
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (2 wordings): “LIVE Trump Says US Won't Attack Iran Before Midterm Elections” → “5 Trump Says US Won't Attack Iran Before Midterm Elections”
Raw Story (2 wordings): “'Humiliated' Trump could order Pentagon to strike Iran ahead of midterms: report” → “Trump announces no attacks on Iran 'at any time prior to the Midterm Elections'”
Reuters (4 wordings): “Trump says US will not attack Iran before midterm elections in November” → “Oil falls as Trump comments on Iran talks ease supply fears”
The American Conservative (2 wordings): “Iran War Day 223: Oil Prices Spike as Trump Mulls Imminent Attack” → “Iran War Day 224: Trump Says U.S. Won’t Attack Iran Before Midterms”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Trump Announces US Won’t Attack Iran Before Midterms” → “Trump Says US Won’t Attack Iran Before Midterms”
The Guardian (3 wordings): “Trump claims US won’t strike Iran before November midterms” → “Oil prices fall as Trump pauses Iran attacks, China restarts fuel exports”
The Hill (4 wordings): “White House on possible Iran strikes before midterms: Trump ‘has all ...” → “Oil prices rise after reports White House weighing Iran strikes”
The Independent (2 wordings): “Trump calls off attacks on Iran for almost a month amid ‘productive’ talks” → “Trump says he will wait until after midterms to attack Iran”
The Washington Times (2 wordings): “Trump may authorize more strikes on Iran before midterms: Report” → “Trump rules out pre-midterm strikes on Iran, citing productive diplomacy with Tehran”
Townhall (2 wordings): “Trump Reveals Whether He'll Attack Iran Before Midterms Cameron Arcand” → “Trump Reveals Whether He'll Attack Iran Before Midterms”