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πŸ—žοΈ Story file #501

Cornell president acknowledges not reviewing police report on alleged gang rape

Oct 15, 4 AM ET to Oct 16, 1 AM ET

πŸ‘£ 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 15, 5 AM ETpeak: on 11 front pages
  2. Oct 15, 7 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Independent
  3. Oct 15, 9 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now

πŸ“° Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

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Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 15, 4 AM to Oct 16, 1 AM ET (peak 1), by the outlets' lean: left
Oct 15, 6 AM12 PM6 PMOct 16The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 15, 7:02 AM ET: Cornell president admits he never read police findings on alleged gang rape during tense faculty meeting – reportABC NewsABC NewsABC News, Oct 15, 5:00 PM ET: Related: 'Culture of fear': Cornell faculty debate no-confidence resolutionπŸ“» radioNPR News Now, Oct 15, 9:09 AM ET: story 4 of 6
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.

πŸ“Œ linked by aggregators: Google News

πŸ’¬ quoted: β€œcontentious” β€œCulture of fear” β€œPERSONALLY SORRY”

πŸ—£οΈ only one side says: 🫏 president admits 🫏 fraternity rape 🐘 rape case

Every outlet's first headline (2), left to right by AllSides rating

πŸ“‘ Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

πŸ“» On the radio

  • NPR News Now, Oct 15, 9:09 AM ET: story 4 of 6

🧢 Retelling

what people online made of it

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

πŸ—£οΈ names in it: Cornell University Cornell President Faculty Senate Fraternity

πŸ”Ž Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧡 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧡 Cornell Jane Doe allegations

  1. District attorney declined to review additional evidence in Cornell rape case

    Oct 3, 2 PM ET

  2. New York governor appoints Attorney General as special prosecutor in Cornell rape case

    Oct 2, 5 PM ET

  3. Letitia James takes over Cornell gang rape investigation

    Oct 3, 12 PM ET

  4. Woman in Cornell rape case faces threats, lawyer says

    Oct 5, 11 AM ET

  5. Cornell faculty prepare no-confidence vote against administration

    Oct 6, 10 AM ET

  6. Defense attorney calls for NY AG to recuse from Cornell investigation

    Oct 6, 8 AM ET

  7. Cornell student seeks removal of New York AG as special prosecutor

    Oct 8, 11 AM ET

  8. Cornell appoints former Deputy AG to review sexual misconduct handling

    Oct 6, 2 PM ET

  9. Cornell university investigates alleged rape allegations

    Oct 8, 6 PM ET

  10. Cornell accuser describes alleged 2024 gang rape incident

    Oct 9, 11 AM ET

  11. Cornell accuser faces threats and swatting

    Oct 8, 6 PM ET

  12. NY attorney General faces bar ethics complaint over Cornell 7 case

    Oct 2, 5 PM ET

  13. Cornell accused seeks gag order on public statements

    Oct 13, 3 PM ET

  14. Cornell faculty debate no-confidence resolution

    Oct 15, 1 PM ET

  15. Cornell suspends fraternity parties for rest of academic year

    Oct 15, 5 PM ET

  16. Cornell president acknowledges not reviewing police report on alleged gang rape (this story)

    Oct 15, 4 AM ET

  17. Cornell president admits not following up on gang rape allegation

    Oct 13, 2 PM ET

  18. Polymarket removes contract allowing bets on Cornell students accused of sexual assault

    Oct 21, 3 AM ET

  19. Cornell Jane Doe says president questioned her rape allegation

    Oct 20, 6 PM ET