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Zelenskyy meets EU leaders as rift with Trump deepens
Oct 16, 1 PM ET to Oct 17, 6 AM ET
📰 7 outlets carried it ⚖️ 🫏3 · 4 · 0🐘 left · center · right ⏱️ 17 hours on the front pages 📈 7 front pages at once, at its peak 📺 50 min of TV captions 🧵 11 of 13 parts of a saga
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Oct 16, 3 PM 6 PM 9 PM Oct 17 3 AM 6 AM 4 7 left center Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 16, 1 PM to Oct 17, 6 AM ET (peak 7), by the outlets' lean:
Oct 15, 6 PM Oct 16 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM Oct 17 6 AM Financial TimesFinancial Times Financial Times, Oct 15, 7:02 AM ET: EU leaders to urge Zelenskyy to rein in criticism of Trump SemaforSemafor Semafor, Oct 15, 7:00 PM ET: Zelenskyy meets EU leaders as his rift with Trump deepens CNBCCNBC CNBC, Oct 16, 5:00 AM ET: Zelenskyy praises 'real leaders' in Europe, as his strained relationship with Trump overshadows EU summit ReutersReuters Reuters, Oct 16, 6:00 AM ET: EU leaders rally around Zelenskiy as Trump calls Ukrainian strikes on Russia a 'disgrace' The IndependentThe Independent The Independent, Oct 16, 9:00 AM ET: Zelensky takes swipe at Trump and praises ‘real leaders’ for backing Kyiv BBCBBC BBC, Oct 16, 11:00 AM ET: Zelensky says Ukraine has right to defend itself after Trump calls latest strikes a 'disgrace' The HillThe Hill The Hill, Oct 16, 1:00 PM ET: Zelensky praises ‘real leaders’ in Europe with Trump relationship strained 📺 TV BBC News, 8:08 PM ET: Zelensky smiles when asked if Trump is 'scapegoating' him BBC News, 8:08 PM ET: Zelensky calls EU heads 'real leaders' BBC News, 8:08 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky BBC News, 8:09 PM ET: Zelensky smiles when asked if Trump is 'scapegoating' him CNN, 8:26 PM ET: STRAINED RELATIONS CNN, 8:30 PM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 8:31 PM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 8:32 PM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 8:33 PM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 8:33 PM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 8:33 PM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 8:33 PM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP. Brett McGurk | @W Global Affairs Analyst CNN, 8:34 PM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP BBC News, 9:00 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky BBC News, 9:01 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky BBC News, 9:02 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky BBC News, 9:05 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky CNN, 9:20 PM ET: ZELENSKY PRAISES "REAL LEADERS" IN EUROPE AMID CLASH WITH TRUMP CNN, 9:21 PM ET: ZELENSKY PRAISES "REAL LEADERS" IN EUROPE AMID CLASH WITH TRUMP CNN, 9:22 PM ET: ZELENSKY PRAISES "REAL LEADERS" IN EUROPE AMID CLASH WITH TRUMP CNN, 9:26 PM ET: KYIV RESIDENT: "IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS FORGETTING" US. Kateryna Futyma | Kyiv Resident CNN, 9:26 PM ET: KYIV RESIDENT: "IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS FORGETTING" US CNN, 9:27 PM ET: KYIV RESIDENT: "IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS FORGETTING" US CNN, 9:27 PM ET: KYIV RESIDENT: "IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS FORGETTING" US CNN, 9:27 PM ET: KYIV RESIDENT: "IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS FORGETTING" US BBC News, 10:01 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky BBC News, 10:01 PM ET: Zelensky smiles when asked if Trump is 'scapegoating' him BBC News, 10:02 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky BBC News, 10:03 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky BBC News, 10:04 PM ET: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky CNN, 12:01 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12:02 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12:02 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12:06 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12:06 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12:06 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12:07 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12:07 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12:08 AM ET: TRUMP TOUTS "GOOD" TIES WITH ZELENSKY DESPITE TENSIONS CNN, 12:08 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS BBC News, 12:12 AM ET: Zelensky: Ukraine has right to defend itself BBC News, 1:13 AM ET: Zelensky: Ukraine has right to defend itself CNN, 1:17 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 1:17 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 1:18 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 1:21 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 1:22 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 1:22 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 1:23 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 1:24 AM ET: ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS BBC News, 2:11 AM ET: Zelensky: Ukraine has right to defend itself CNN, 2:30 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 2:31 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 2:32 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 2:33 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 2:33 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 2:33 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP. Brett McGurk | @W Global Affairs Analyst CNN, 2:33 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 2:34 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP BBC News, 3:15 AM ET: Zelensky: Ukraine has right to defend itself CNN, 4:26 AM ET: STRAINED RELATIONS CNN, 4:30 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 4:31 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 4:32 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 4:33 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 4:33 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 4:33 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 4:33 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP. Brett McGurk | @W Global Affairs Analyst CNN, 4:34 AM ET: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 5:06 AM ET: ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER CNN, 5:07 AM ET: ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER CNN, 5:07 AM ET: ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER CNN, 5:08 AM ET: ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER CNN, 5:11 AM ET: ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER CNN, 5:11 AM ET: ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER CNN, 5:12 AM ET: ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER CNN, 5:13 AM ET: ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER BBC News, 6:07 AM ET: Zelensky: Trump waiving sanctions 'rewards' Putin BBC News, 6:08 AM ET: Zelensky: Trump waiving sanctions 'rewards' Putin CNN, 6:09 AM ET: ZELENSKY: "PUTIN WILL LISTEN TO AMERICA" IF U.S. PRESSURES HIM CNN, 6:09 AM ET: ZELENSKY: "PUTIN WILL LISTEN TO AMERICA" IF U.S. PRESSURES HIM BBC News, 6:10 AM ET: Zelensky: Trump waiving sanctions 'rewards' Putin 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: “real leaders” 3 “disgrace” 2
Every outlet's first headline (7), left to right by AllSides rating
📡 Broadcast TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
ZELENSKY TAKES VEILED SWIPES AT TRUMP AS RELATIONSHIP SOURS CNN, 12 min TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONSHIP CNN, 10 min Tensions between Trump and Zelensky BBC News, 7 min ZELENSKY RALLIES EU SUPPORT AS TIES WITH TRUMP FALTER CNN, 6 min Zelensky: Trump waiving sanctions 'rewards' Putin BBC News, 2 min KYIV RESIDENT: "IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS FORGETTING" US CNN, 2 min ZELENSKY PRAISES "REAL LEADERS" IN EUROPE AMID CLASH WITH TRUMP CNN, 2 min Zelensky: Ukraine has right to defend itself BBC News, 2 min
🧶 Retelling what people online made of it
🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Ukraine Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russia
🔎 Checking what the fact-checkers looked into
🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
CNBC
Zelenskyy praises 'real leaders' in Europe, as his strained relationship with Trump overshadows EU summit Oct 16, 5 AM ET
Semafor
Zelenskyy meets EU leaders as his rift with Trump deepens Oct 15, 7 PM ET
The Independent
Zelensky takes swipe at Trump and praises ‘real leaders’ for backing Kyiv Oct 16, 9 AM ET
BBC
Zelensky says Ukraine has right to defend itself after Trump calls latest strikes a 'disgrace' Oct 16, 11 AM ET
Reuters
EU leaders rally around Zelenskiy as Trump calls Ukrainian strikes on Russia a 'disgrace' Oct 16, 6 AM ET
The Hill
Zelensky praises ‘real leaders’ in Europe with Trump relationship strained Oct 16, 1 PM ET