BND - Troy Jackson refuses to apologize for telling Susan Collins to 'shut up' during Senate debate

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Troy Jackson refuses to apologize for telling Susan Collins to 'shut up' during Senate debate

Oct 15, 9 PM ET to Oct 20, 7 AM ET

25outlets carried it
🫏9 · 3 · 13🐘left · center · right
4.4 dayson the front pages
19front pages at once, at its peak
37 minof TV captions
2radio newscasts
2fact-checks
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 15, 9 PM ETfirst on a front page: Raw Story
Oct 16, 2 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 16, 9 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 17, 12 AM ETpeak: on 19 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 15, 9 PM to Oct 20, 7 AM ET (peak 21), 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.

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “shut up” 7 “not going to apologize” “Very Telling” “Shut Up” 6 “You should be ashamed of yourself” “Oh, shut up!” 6 “Oh, shut up” 2

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 troy jackson 🐘 jackson tells

✏️ 13 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Fox News (3 wordings): “'Oh, shut up!': Democrat snaps at Collins after heckler drives Maine Senate debate off the rails” → “Personal jabs, billionaire donors and party loyalty fuel heated Maine Senate debate”
New York Times (3 wordings): “5 Takeaways From the Senate Debate in Maine” → “Susan Collins Criticizes Rival’s ‘Oh, Shut Up’ Comment as ‘Very Telling’”
Newsmax (3 wordings): “Jackson Doesn't Regret Telling Collins to 'Shut Up'” → “Jackson Fine With Telling Sen. Collins to 'Shut Up'”
Newsweek (3 wordings): “Maine Senate Polling as Susan Collins, Troy Jackson Head into Fourth Debate” → “Jackson Tells Collins ‘Shut Up’ as Protester Disrupts Maine Debate”
PBS NewsHour (2 wordings): “WATCH LIVE: Collins, Jackson face off in Maine U.S. Senate debate” → “WATCH: Collins, Jackson face off in testy Maine U.S. Senate debate”
The Daily Wire (2 wordings): “‘Shut Up’: Dem Snaps At Susan Collins In Fiery Maine Senate Debate” → “Troy Jackson Doubles Down, Doesn’t Regret Telling Susan Collins To ‘Shut Up’”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Collins Spars With Jackson Over Healthcare, Campaign Finances in 3rd Maine Senate Debate” → “Collins, Jackson Go Head-to-Head in Final Maine Senate Debate: 3 Takeaways”
The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “DISGUSTING: Maine Democrat Senate Candidate BELCHES into Microphone During Heated Debate While Senator Susan Collins is Speaking (VIDEO)” → “Susan Collins Talks About Being Told to ‘Shut Up’ by Troy Jackson in Debate – Brings Up His Record of Dealing With Women He Disagrees With (VIDEO)”
The Hill (3 wordings): “Collins, Jackson trade jabs in final Maine Senate debate: 3 takeaways” → “Troy Jackson doesn’t regret telling opponent Susan Collins to ‘shut up’”
The Independent (2 wordings): “Democrat who told Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ refuses to apologize” → “Democrat who told Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ doubles down and refuses to apologize”
The Washington Times (2 wordings): “‘Shut up’: Senate debate between Troy Jackson and Susan Collins in Maine gets heated” → “Troy Jackson not sorry for telling Sen. Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ in Maine Senate debate”
Townhall (2 wordings): “Susan Collins' Line After a Protester Was Removed From the Debate Caused Troy Jackson to Melt Down” → “Susan Collins Susan Collins' Line After a Protester Was Removed From the Debate Caused Troy Jackson to Melt Down Matt Vespa”
Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “Maine Senate debate gets testy as Troy Jackson tells Collins to ‘shut up’: Top takeaways” → “Troy Jackson ‘not going to apologize’ for telling Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ at debate”

Every outlet's first headline (25), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Protester Sparks Heated Exchange Between Collins, Jackson During Maine Debate Oct 16, 12 AM ET
Raw Story Susan Collins' post-heckle debate jab lands on deaf ears: 'Oh, shut up!' Oct 15, 9 PM ET
AP Jackson doesn't regret telling Collins to 'shut up' after protester interrupted Maine Senate debate Oct 18, 2 PM ET
Axios "Oh, shut up": Maine Senate debate gets testy Oct 15, 9 PM ET
CNN ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’: Heated Senate debates in Alaska and Maine become personal Oct 16, 4 AM ET
NPR Key takeaways from the final, fiery debate between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson Oct 16, 4 PM ET
New York Times 5 Takeaways From the Senate Debate in Maine Oct 15, 10 PM ET
PBS NewsHour WATCH LIVE: Collins, Jackson face off in Maine U.S. Senate debate Oct 15, 5 PM ET
The Independent Democrat who told Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ refuses to apologize Oct 19, 7 AM ET
Newsweek Maine Senate Polling as Susan Collins, Troy Jackson Head into Fourth Debate Oct 15, 9 AM ET
Straight Arrow News Maine, Alaska Senate debates turn personal as candidates clash ahead of midterms Oct 16, 8 AM ET
The Hill Collins, Jackson trade jabs in final Maine Senate debate: 3 takeaways Oct 16, 10 AM ET
The Epoch Times Collins Spars With Jackson Over Healthcare, Campaign Finances in 3rd Maine Senate Debate Oct 14, 1 AM ET
The Washington Times ‘Shut up’: Senate debate between Troy Jackson and Susan Collins in Maine gets heated Oct 15, 10 PM ET
Washington Examiner Maine Senate debate gets testy as Troy Jackson tells Collins to ‘shut up’: Top takeaways Oct 15, 11 PM ET
Fox News 'Oh, shut up!': Democrat snaps at Collins after heckler drives Maine Senate debate off the rails Oct 15, 10 PM ET
IJR Collins, Jackson Hold Third Maine Senate Debate Oct 14, 8 AM ET
New York Post Hot-headed Troy Jackson tells Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ after heckler crashes Maine Senate debate Oct 16, 10 AM ET
Newsmax Jackson Doesn't Regret Telling Collins to 'Shut Up' Oct 18, 4 PM ET
OAN Maine: Troy Jackson, Susan Collins clash in Senate debate 3 weeks before election Oct 14, 5 PM ET
Red State Oh My Word: Troy Jackson Badly Self-Destructs During Debate at Pivotal Moment in Maine Senate Race Oct 15, 10 PM ET
The Daily Wire ‘Shut Up’: Dem Snaps At Susan Collins In Fiery Maine Senate Debate Oct 15, 9 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit DISGUSTING: Maine Democrat Senate Candidate BELCHES into Microphone During Heated Debate While Senator Susan Collins is Speaking (VIDEO) Oct 14, 12 PM ET
The Western Journal Watch: Dem Nominee Troy Jackson Tells Sen. Susan Collins to 'Shut Up' as Heckler Causes Debate Chaos Oct 16, 4 PM ET
Townhall Susan Collins' Line After a Protester Was Removed From the Debate Caused Troy Jackson to Melt Down Oct 16, 1 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN23 min

Fox News14 min

JACKSON DEFENDS TELLING COLLINS TO "SHUT UP" DURING DEBATE CNN, 9 min
SECORIEA TURNER'S FAMILY ASKS CANDIDATE TO STOP USING HER IN ADS CNN, 6 min
FAMILY SAYS WOUNDS REOPENED BY USE OF DAUGHTER'S DEATH IN AD CNN, 5 min
Final Stretch. Texas Senate race tightens with 17 days to go Fox News, 2 min
SUSAN COLLINS ON TROY JACKSON'S RADICAL RECORD Fox News, 2 min
SUSAN COLLINS ON HER DEBATES AGAINST TROY JACKSON Fox News, 89 s
SEN SUSAN COLLINS CORRECTS TROY JACKSON IN DEBATE Fox News, 84 s
"YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF": SENATE DEBATES GET HEATED CNN, 80 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 16, 5:09 PM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 16, 2:09 AM ET: story 2 of 4

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ The Megyn Kelly Show 🎙️ CNN 5 Things 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now

what people online made of it

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

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what the fact-checkers looked into

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Troy Jackson refuses to apologize for telling Susan Collins to 'shut up' during Senate debate

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