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📰Oct 11, 12 AM ETfirst on a front page: Tampa Bay Times
📻Oct 11, 5 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
📺Oct 11, 7 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
📈Oct 12, 6 AM ETpeak: on 10 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 11, 12 AM to Oct 15, 5 AM ET (peak 10), by the outlets' lean:
left · center · rightWho 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 (NBC News)
✏️ 8 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
AP (4 wordings): “José Ramírez homers as the Guardians beat the White Sox 9-5 to force a decisive Game 5 in ALDS” → “Freddy Peralta, Liam Hicks lift the Rays to a 3-1 win over the Guardians that evens the ALCS at 1-1”
Chicago Tribune (7 wordings): “Chicago White Sox’s season ends in 2-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians in ALDS Game 5” → “Freddy Peralta lifts the Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians that evens the ALCS”
NBC News (3 wordings): “Chase DeLauter and José Ramírez lead the Guardians to a 7-3 win over the Rays in Game 1 of the ALCS” → “Freddy Peralta, Liam Hicks lift Rays to 3-1 win over Guardians, leveling the ALCS at 1-1”
New York Post (3 wordings): “Guardians stun White Sox with 21 strikeouts to win ALDS after 0-2 deficit” → “Former Met shines again as Rays topple Guardians to even ALCS”
Tampa Bay Times (5 wordings): “Guardians top White Sox, get Rays next in the ALCS • Sports comment” → “Rays, looking like themselves, bounce back to beat Guardians, even ALCS”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Guardians Ramirez Mr. Clutch in ALDS, All-Star Carrying Club to Game 5 Showdown” → “Rays and Guardians Riding Wave of Momentum Into American League Championship Series”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Williams strikes out 12 as Guardians blank White Sox to complete ALDS comeback” → “Peralta shines as Rays seize on Ramírez error to level ALCS against Guardians”
USA Today (3 wordings): “Guardians reach ALCS with nail-biting win over White Sox” → “Guardians steal Game 1 of ALCS. Or maybe they're just that good?”
Every outlet's first headline (11), left to right by AllSides rating
The Guardian
Williams strikes out 12 as Guardians blank White Sox to complete ALDS comeback Oct 10, 11 PM ET
AP
José Ramírez homers as the Guardians beat the White Sox 9-5 to force a decisive Game 5 in ALDS Oct 9, 7 AM ET
NBC News
Chase DeLauter and José Ramírez lead the Guardians to a 7-3 win over the Rays in Game 1 of the ALCS Oct 13, 12 AM ET
USA Today
Guardians reach ALCS with nail-biting win over White Sox Oct 10, 11 PM ET
Chicago Tribune
Chicago White Sox’s season ends in 2-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians in ALDS Game 5 Oct 10, 11 PM ET
Reuters
Guardians complete ALDS comeback, blank White Sox in Game 5 Oct 11, 12 PM ET
Tampa Bay Times
Guardians top White Sox, get Rays next in the ALCS • Sports comment Oct 11, 12 AM ET
The Epoch Times
Guardians Ramirez Mr. Clutch in ALDS, All-Star Carrying Club to Game 5 Showdown Oct 10, 11 PM ET
The Washington Times
Small ball faces Guards Ball when Rays, Guardians meet in ALCS Oct 11, 11 PM ET
IJR
Guardians, White Sox set for winner-take-all ALDS Game 5 Oct 11, 7 AM ET
New York Post
Guardians stun White Sox with 21 strikeouts to win ALDS after 0-2 deficit Oct 11, 12 AM ET