BND - Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers clash in Michigan Senate debate

🗞️ Story file #263

Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers clash in Michigan Senate debate

Oct 8, 8 PM ET to Oct 12, 10 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

38outlets carried it
🫏12 · 6 · 19🐘left · center · right
3.6 dayson the front pages
39front pages at once, at its peak
198 minof TV captions
2radio 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, 8 PM ETfirst on a front page: AP
Oct 8, 9 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 9, 12 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 9, 4 PM ETpeak: on 39 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 8, 8 PM to Oct 12, 10 AM ET (peak 32), 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 (News Nation, PBS NewsHour)

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

💬 quoted: “Angry” “Decked” “You Go After My Mom?” “obliterates” “completely obliterated” “fake doctor” “He's Lying!” “Con man”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 obliterated el-sayed 🐘 rogers completely obliterated

✏️ 20 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (4 wordings): “Rogers and El-Sayed debate for first time in combative Michigan Senate race” → “Rogers and El-Sayed trade attacks in combative first Michigan Senate debate - AP News”
Breitbart (4 wordings): “Michigan U.S. Senate Debate: El-Sayed Says Israel, Iran ‘Have Proven Dangerous in Their Own Way’” → “Video: Moderator Shocked as El-Sayed, Rogers Kept Debating During Break”
Fox News (3 wordings): “Michigan Senate debate erupts into personal attacks as Rogers, El-Sayed clash over Israel, Iran and more” → “Trump says Rogers 'completely obliterated' El-Sayed in debate”
Just the News (3 wordings): “Watch Live: Michigan Senate candidates spar in first of two debates” → “El-Sayed, Rogers clash in heated Michigan U.S. Senate debate”
Mediaite (2 wordings): “Abdul El-Sayed Claps Back After Trump Called Him ‘Mohammed’ in Truth Social Rant: ‘He Knows My Name Is Abdul’” → “Gloves Come Off as Rogers Accuses El-Sayed’s Mother of Working For Al-Qaeda Linked Org”
New York Post (4 wordings): “Mike Rogers clobbers El-Sayed as ‘fake doctor’ who’d be jailed for treating patients during feisty Michigan debate” → “Abdul El-Sayed under fire from Jewish Dems after refusing to call Israel a US ally during Michigan debate”
News Nation (2 wordings): “Fact-checking the Senate debate of El-Sayed and Rogers in Michigan” → “Rogers, El-Sayed trade personal attacks in first Michigan Senate debate”
Newsmax (6 wordings): “Rogers, El-Sayed Clash in Hostile First Mich. Senate Debate” → “El-Sayed Faces Backlash Over Israel Debate Remarks”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “5 Key Issues Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed Must Own During Michigan Debate” → “Michigan Senate Debate Takeaways: Rogers, El-Sayed Clash in Fiery Showdown”
One America News Network (2 wordings): “Trump bashes Mich. Dem Senate candidate El-Sayed, labeling him a ‘Terrorist Sympathizer’” → “Trump: Mike Rogers ‘completely obliterated’ Abdul El-Sayed in contentious U.S. Senate debate”
PBS NewsHour (2 wordings): “Rogers and El-Sayed are set for their first debate in Michigan's Senate race after sparring online” → “In combative first Michigan Senate debate, Rogers and El-Sayed trade attacks”
PJ Media (2 wordings): “Democrat Troy Jackson Chokes in Debate With Sen. Susan Collins” → “'He's Lying!' Rogers Exposes El-Sayed’s Terror Ties and Deception During Debate.”
Red State (4 wordings): “Hoo Boy: Mike Rogers Goes to Town on Abdul El-Sayed in MI Senate Debate Nick Arama” → “Susan Collins Boom: Susan Collins Crushed Troy Jackson in Second Debate Nick Arama”
The Daily Wire (2 wordings): “El-Sayed Asked If Iran Or Israel Is The Bigger Threat, Then Comes The ‘Dumb’ Remark” → “Rogers Rips El-Sayed Over Foreign Ties As Senate Debate Turns Personal”
The Hill (4 wordings): “Watch live: El-Sayed, Rogers to square off in Nexstar’s Michigan Senate debate” → “Trump rips El-Sayed after Michigan Senate debate”
The Washington Times (2 wordings): “El-Sayed, Rogers trade personal and political punches in Michigan Senate debate” → “Trump lauds Rogers for hammering El-Sayed on Michigan debate stage”
Townhall (7 wordings): “Rogers, El-Sayed Clash in First Michigan Senate Debate Scott McClallen” → “Social Media Reacts to Rogers’ Takedown of El-Sayed in Michigan Senate Debate Tayte Christensen”
USA Today (3 wordings): “El-Sayed and Rogers square off in high-stakes midterm debate: Updates” → “Michigan Senate candidates get personal in heated debate: 4 takeaways”
Washington Examiner (3 wordings): “El Sayed dodges on whether Israel or Iran poses greater threat to US” → “Susan Collins, Troy Jackson spar over corruption allegations in second debate”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “El-Sayed's first debate with Rogers gets so heated that moderator intervenes” → “Sparks fly as Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers face off in first Michigan Senate debate”