BND - Legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka dies at 86

🗞️ Story file #283

Legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka dies at 86

Oct 9, 12 PM ET to Oct 12, 1 PM ET

37outlets carried it
🫏13 · 7 · 17🐘left · center · right
3 dayson the front pages
37front pages at once, at its peak
8 minof TV captions
7radio newscasts
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 9, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Oct 9, 12 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 9, 1 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 10, 1 AM ETpeak: on 37 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 9, 12 PM to Oct 12, 1 PM ET (peak 37), 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: 1 outlet ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Scripps News)

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

💬 quoted: “Da Coach” “Chicago won't be the same” “He Was MAGA All the Way” 2 “Great Champion” “This is Mike Ditka we're talking about. This is a big deal.”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 tight end

✏️ 14 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Breitbart (3 wordings): “NFL Legend Mike Ditka Dies at 86” → “NFL Legend Mike Ditka Dies at 86…”
Chicago Tribune (3 wordings): “Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears Hall of Famer and Super Bowl-winning coach, dies at 86” → “Column: Chicago mourns Mike Ditka, the Pennsylvania kid who became the ultimate symbol of our town”
Fox News (4 wordings): “Legendary Bears head coach Mike Ditka dead at 86” → “Lions head coach pays tribute to Mike Ditka after learning of his death from a press conference question”
HuffPost (2 wordings): “⚡ Mike Ditka, Legendary Chicago Bears Coach, Dead At 86…” → “Mike Ditka, The Quintessential Chicago Bear, Dies At 86”
Los Angeles Times (2 wordings): “Mike Ditka, legendary coach of 1985 Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears and first tight end inducted into Hall of Fame, dies at 86” → “Mike Ditka, legendary coach of 1985 Chicago Bears and first tight end inducted into Hall of Fame, dies”
NBC News (2 wordings): “How Ditka became a football legend and pop culture icon” → “Mike Ditka, legendary Chicago Bears coach, dies at 86”
New York Post (3 wordings): “Mike Ditka, legendary Bears coach, dead at 86” → “Lions coach shares touching memory of Mike Ditka after learning of Bears legend’s death”
Newsmax (2 wordings): “Legendary Bears Coach Mike Ditka Dies at 86” → “Mike Ditka, the Quintessential Chicago Bear, Dies at 86”
Newsweek (3 wordings): “Breaking News Chicago Bears Super Bowl Legend Mike Ditka Dies at 86” → “Chicago Bears Super Bowl Legend Mike Ditka Dies at 86”
Red State (3 wordings): “We Lost a Legend: Mike Ditka, Super Bowl-Winning Coach of Da Bears, Gone at 86 Bob Hoge” → “NFL We Lost a Legend: Mike Ditka, Super Bowl-Winning Coach of Da Bears, Gone at 86 Bob Hoge”
Straight Arrow News (2 wordings): “Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka dies at 86” → “‘Da Coach’: Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka dies at 86”
The Guardian (3 wordings): “Mike Ditka, legendary Chicago Bears head coach, dies at 86” → “Mike Ditka, fiery NFL legend who led Chicago to Super Bowl title, dies aged 86”
Townhall (2 wordings): “Legendary Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka Dies at Age 86 Amy Curtis” → “Legendary Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka Dies at Age 86”
USA Today (2 wordings): “Mike Ditka, Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears legend, dies at 86” → “Mike Ditka, three-time Super Bowl champ, dies at 86”

Every outlet's first headline (37), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost ⚡ Mike Ditka, Legendary Chicago Bears Coach, Dead At 86… Oct 9, 12 PM ET
The Daily Beast Legendary NFL Super Bowl Icon Dead at 86 Oct 9, 9 PM ET
The Guardian Mike Ditka, legendary Chicago Bears head coach, dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
ABC News Mike Ditka, legendary NFL player and coach, dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
AP Mike Ditka, the quintessential Chicago Bear and a Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 86 - AP News Oct 10, 2 AM ET
CBS News Mike Ditka, former Chicago Bears head coach, dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
CNN Breaking News Mike Ditka, the quintessential Chicago Bear, dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
Los Angeles Times Mike Ditka, legendary coach of 1985 Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears and first tight end inducted into Hall of Fame, dies at 86 Oct 9, 1 PM ET
Mediaite Legendary Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka Dead at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
NBC News How Ditka became a football legend and pop culture icon Oct 9, 9 PM ET
New York Times Mike Ditka, Fiery Coach of the Chicago Bears, Has Died Oct 9, 12 PM ET
The Independent Mike Ditka, legendary NFL tight end and Chicago Bears coach, dies aged 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
USA Today Mike Ditka, Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears legend, dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
BBC Super Bowl-winning player and coach Ditka dies aged 86 Oct 9, 1 PM ET
Chicago Tribune Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears Hall of Famer and Super Bowl-winning coach, dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
News Nation Legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka dead at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
Newsweek Breaking News Chicago Bears Super Bowl Legend Mike Ditka Dies at 86 Oct 9, 1 PM ET
Reuters Mike Ditka, Hall of Fame player and Bears coach, dies at 86 Oct 10, 1 AM ET
Scripps News Obituaries Mike Ditka, Hall of Fame player and Bears Super Bowl coach, dies at 86 Justin Boggs Oct 9, 12 PM ET
Straight Arrow News Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
Just the News Legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
The Epoch Times Chicago Bears Icon Mike Ditka Dies at 86 Oct 9, 4 PM ET
The Washington Times Mike Ditka, legendary coach for Chicago Bears, dies at 86 Oct 9, 1 PM ET
Breitbart NFL Legend Mike Ditka Dies at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
Fox News Legendary Bears head coach Mike Ditka dead at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
IJR NFL legend Mike Ditka dies at 86 Oct 9, 3 PM ET
New York Post Mike Ditka, legendary Bears coach, dead at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
Newsmax Legendary Bears Coach Mike Ditka Dies at 86 Oct 9, 1 PM ET
PJ Media America Remembers Larger-Than-Life Football Legend Mike Ditka Oct 9, 7 PM ET
Red State We Lost a Legend: Mike Ditka, Super Bowl-Winning Coach of Da Bears, Gone at 86 Bob Hoge Oct 9, 7 PM ET
The Blaze Mike Ditka, iconic Chicago Bears coach, passes away at 86: 'Chicago won't be the same' Oct 9, 3 PM ET
The Daily Caller Legendary Chicago Bears Coach Dead At 86 Oct 9, 1 PM ET
The Daily Wire Mike Ditka, Ultimate Gridiron Tough Guy, Dies At 86 Oct 9, 1 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit Beloved Chicago Bears Legend Mike Ditka Dead at 86 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
The Post Millennial BREAKING: Legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka dies at 86 Oct 9, 3 PM ET
The Western Journal Breaking: Legendary NFL Coach Mike Ditka Dies at 86 Oct 9, 1 PM ET
Townhall Legendary Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka Dies at Age 86 Amy Curtis Oct 9, 3 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN5 min

Fox News3 min

BACK TO THE BARRICADES IN PARIS CNN, 4 min
MIKE DITKA, LEGENDARY BEARS COACH, DEAD AT 86 Fox News, 2 min
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LOOMS AS PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE CNN, 2 min
FOOTBALL LEGEND MIKE DITKA DEAD AT 86 Fox News, 19 s
IN MEMORIAM. FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER AND COACH MIKE DITKA DEAD AT 86 Fox News, 18 s
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LOOMS AS PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE. Sophie Pedder | @PedderSophie CNN, 15 s