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🗞️ Story file #286

Arlington County sues to block trump's memorial arch

Oct 9, 12 PM ET to Oct 12, 2 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

👣 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.

  1. Oct 9, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Epoch Times
  2. Oct 10, 10 AM ETpeak: on 13 front pages
  3. Oct 11, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  4. Oct 12, 9 AM ETretold online by 5 people

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 1012 PMOct 1112 PMOct 12613leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 9, 12 PM to Oct 12, 2 AM ET (peak 13), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 912 PMOct 1012 PMOct 1112 PMOct 12NewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 8, 11:05 PM ET: Virginia's Arlington County Sues Over Trump's Triumphal ArchNewsmax, Oct 8, 11:05 PM ET: Virginia's Arlington County Sues Over Trump's ArchThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 8, 11:05 PM ET: Trump’s memorial arch faces new lawsuit from Arlington CountyYahoo NewsYahoo NewsYahoo News, Oct 9, 10:00 AM ET: Trump's memorial arch faces a new lawsuit from Arlington County, VirginiaThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 9, 10:00 AM ET: Virginia county sues to stop Trump from building his beloved triumphal archThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 9, 12:00 PM ET: Virginia County Sues to Block Construction of Trump’s Memorial ArchWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Oct 9, 12:00 PM ET: Trump’s Triumphal Arch faces new lawsuit from Arlington CountyThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 9, 1:00 PM ET: Arlington County sues to block Trump arch after project gets key approvalThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 9, 1:00 PM ET: Arlington County Sues to Block Construction of Trump’s Massive ArchThe Daily BeastThe Daily BeastThe Daily Beast, Oct 9, 1:00 PM ET: Trump Faces New Battle Over His Tacky ArchNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Oct 9, 3:00 PM ET: Triumphal Arch Branded ‘Trump’s Latest Vanity Project’ in New LawsuitCNNCNNCNN, Oct 10, 3:00 AM ET: Can this Virginia county stop Trump’s arch?Military.comMilitary.comMilitary.com, Oct 10, 9:00 AM ET: Trump's Memorial Arch Faces a New Lawsuit From Arlington County, VirginiaIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Oct 10, 10:00 AM ET: Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s 250-Foot Arch📺 TVFox News, 6:09 PM ET: DATA CENTER DIVIDE. BARRETT BACKS LOCAL CONTROL OVER NEW CONSTRUCTIONFox News, 6:09 PM ET: DATA CENTER DIVIDE. BARRETT BACKS LOCAL CONTROL OVER NEW CONSTRUCTIONFox News, 6:10 PM ET: DATA CENTER DIVIDE. BARRETT BACKS LOCAL CONTROL OVER NEW CONSTRUCTIONFox News, 6:12 PM ET: DATA CENTER DIVIDE. BARRETT BACKS LOCAL CONTROL OVER NEW CONSTRUCTIONFox News, 6:13 PM ET: DATA CENTER DIVIDE. BARRETT BACKS LOCAL CONTROL OVER NEW CONSTRUCTIONFox News, 6:14 PM ET: DATA CENTER DIVIDE. BARRETT BACKS LOCAL CONTROL OVER NEW CONSTRUCTIONCNN, 7:39 PM ET: TAXPAYER-FUNDED ADS PROMOTING TRUMP ENDING TODAYCNN, 7:51 PM ET: JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS MORE TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRUMP ADSCNN, 7:52 PM ET: JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS MORE TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRUMP ADSCNN, 7:53 PM ET: JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS MORE TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRUMP ADSCNN, 7:54 PM ET: JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS MORE TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRUMP ADS🧶 online🧶found retold online (the day's report)
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.

💬 quoted: “Trump's Latest Vanity Project”

✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Newsmax (2 wordings): “Virginia's Arlington County Sues Over Trump's Triumphal Arch” → “Virginia's Arlington County Sues Over Trump's Arch”
Every outlet's first headline (13), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN3 min
Fox News80 s
  • JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS MORE TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRUMP ADS CNN, 3 min
  • DATA CENTER DIVIDE. BARRETT BACKS LOCAL CONTROL OVER NEW CONSTRUCTION Fox News, 80 s
  • TAXPAYER-FUNDED ADS PROMOTING TRUMP ENDING TODAY CNN, 10 s

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

  • Donald Trump is destroying nature and historic landmarks to serve his own vanity and interests. Oct 12: told by 5 people (same issue)

    🦋 a post on Bluesky · 38 likes, 4 reposts

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: Arlington County, Virginia Donald Trump Virginia Arlington County

🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

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