BND - Abdul El-Sayed addresses past criticism of Obama

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Abdul El-Sayed addresses past criticism of Obama

Oct 8, 5 PM ET to Oct 13, 2 PM ET

14outlets carried it
🫏5 · 1 · 8🐘left · center · right
4.9 dayson the front pages
8front pages at once, at its peak
97 minof TV captions
1fact-check
2 of 2parts of a saga

👣 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, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: Fox News
Oct 8, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 12, 7 PM ETpeak: on 8 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 8, 5 PM to Oct 13, 2 PM ET (peak 8), 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.

📌 linked by aggregators: Political Wire

💬 quoted: “His Failures” “Think Of My Dad” “angry” “younger” “stand on the shoulders of giants” “I was younger” 2 “The list of his failures goes on” 2

✏️ 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

NBC News (3 wordings): “Abdul El-Sayed addresses past criticism of Obama: 'I was younger’ and ‘angry’” → “El-Sayed addresses past criticism of Obama”
Red State (2 wordings): “‘The List of His Failures Goes On’: Unearthed Receipts Haunt El-Sayed As Obama Tries to Save Him” → “Hilarious: El-Sayed Desperately Spins Prior Remarks About Obama, As Former President Cuts Ad for Him”
The Hill (2 wordings): “El-Sayed addresses past Obama criticism, says Democrats now ‘stand on the ...” → “El-Sayed addresses past Obama criticism, says Democrats now ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’”
Townhall (3 wordings): “Abdul El-Sayed Once Called Obama a Failure. Now He’s Campaigning at His Side. Joe Chalfant” → “Abdul El-Sayed Abdul El-Sayed Once Called Obama a Failure. Now He’s Campaigning at His Side. Joe Chalfant”
Washington Examiner (3 wordings): “El Sayed attributes past criticism of Obama to ‘younger’ and ‘angry’ self” → “El Sayed attributes past criticism of Obama to ‘younger’ self”

Every outlet's first headline (14), left to right by AllSides rating

Mother Jones Abdul El-Sayed Criticized Obama. Is That a Scandal? Oct 8, 2 PM ET
CNN KFILE ‘The list of his failures goes on’: El-Sayed’s Obama criticism resurfaced ahead of campaign rally Oct 7, 6 PM ET
NBC News Abdul El-Sayed addresses past criticism of Obama: 'I was younger’ and ‘angry’ Oct 11, 10 AM ET
USA Today El-Sayed walks back Obama criticism, apologizes for synagogue shooting comment Oct 11, 12 PM ET
Yahoo News ‘The list of his failures goes on’: El-Sayed’s Obama criticism resurfaced ahead of campaign rally Oct 8, 4 PM ET
The Hill El-Sayed addresses past Obama criticism, says Democrats now ‘stand on the ... Oct 11, 8 PM ET
Washington Examiner El Sayed attributes past criticism of Obama to ‘younger’ and ‘angry’ self Oct 11, 12 PM ET
Fox News El-Sayed’s scathing Obama critique resurfaces ahead of joint campaign rally Oct 8, 5 PM ET
New York Post Abdul El-Sayed’s long history of trashing Obama resurfaces ahead of rally with former prez Oct 8, 11 AM ET
Red State ‘The List of His Failures Goes On’: Unearthed Receipts Haunt El-Sayed As Obama Tries to Save Him Oct 8, 10 AM ET
The Blaze Abdul El-Sayed attacked Obama. Now they’re campaign partners. Oct 8, 3 PM ET
The Daily Caller ‘Think Of My Dad’: Abdul El-Sayed Defends Campaigning With Obama After Criticizing Him During Presidency Oct 11, 6 PM ET
The Daily Wire El-Sayed Compares Obama To His Father After Complaining About ‘His Failures’ Oct 11, 1 PM ET
Townhall Abdul El-Sayed Once Called Obama a Failure. Now He’s Campaigning at His Side. Joe Chalfant Oct 12, 6 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN47 min

Fox News26 min

MSNOW23 min

EL-SAYED REACTS TO FIRST DEBATE AGAINST MSNOW, 21 min
GOP CALLS EL-SAYED "MOHAMMED, RADICAL JIHADIST, TERRORIST" CNN, 20 min
GOP SENATOR ACCUSES EL-SAYED OF SLEEPING IN "BIN LADEN JERSEY" CNN, 11 min
OBAMA BACKS LONG-SHOT MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRAT FOR SENATE CNN, 7 min
EL-SAYED: DEMOCRATS MUST WIN MIDTERMS BY "MASSIVE NUMBERS" CNN, 6 min
EL-SAYED PRESSED ON FUTURE OF PRIVATE INSURANCE Fox News, 5 min
OBAMA BACKS EL-SAYED IN NEW MICHIGAN SENATE AD CNN, 2 min
EL-SAYED WALKS BACK OBAMA CRITICISM Fox News, 2 min

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 📨 Erick Erickson 🎙️ Politico Playbook 📺 The Majority Report 📨 Erick Erickson 📺 Hasan Piker 📺 The Majority Report 📨 Erick Erickson

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Abdul El-Sayed Barack Obama

what the fact-checkers looked into

🔎 FactCheck.org: Republican Ads Attack El-Sayed for Past Comments, Positions on Policing and Prisons

the running story it belongs to

🧵 El-Sayed and Obama campaign partnership

Barack Obama to campaign with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan
Oct 5, 3 PM ET
Abdul El-Sayed addresses past criticism of Obama (this story)
Oct 8, 5 PM ET

Abdul El-Sayed addresses past criticism of Obama

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📡 Broadcast

📺 On TV

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🧶 Retelling

🔎 Checking

🧵 Persistence

🧵 El-Sayed and Obama campaign partnership