🗞️ Story file #631
Trump criticizes Zelenskyy over Ukraine negotiations
Oct 19, 5 AM ET to Oct 20, 9 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 20outlets carried it
- 🫏12 · 3 · 4🐘left · center · right
- 1.7 dayson the front pages
- 17front pages at once, at its peak
- 58 minof TV captions
- 1radio newscast
- 6people retold it online
- 6 of 10parts of a saga
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- Oct 19, 5 AM ETfirst on a front page: CBS News
- Oct 19, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
- Oct 19, 5 PM ETpeak: on 17 front pages
- Oct 19, 6 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 20, 4 AM ETretold online by 6 people
📰 Spread
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📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Drudge Report
💬 quoted: “somebody else” 3 “He Could Have Made a Deal” “Russia away from the bargaining table,” “Will Not Be Able To Stand” “has been fine on Ukraine” 2 “doesn't want to end this war”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 ukraine launches
✏️ 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Bloomberg (2 wordings): “Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine, Not Putin to Yield” → “Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine, Not Putin, to Yield”
- CNN (3 wordings): “Trump slams Zelensky after Ukraine defies demand to stop hitting Russian oil Ukraine launched a massive drone strike after Trump said he doesn't want to drive Russia from talks” → “Analysis Trump suggests ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine as tensions with Zelensky escalate”
- New York Post (2 wordings): ““I think it’s time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine,” Trump said in a blistering takedown of Zelensky.” → “Losing patience Trump again blows up on Zelensky, insists Russia ‘has been fine on Ukraine’”
- New York Times (2 wordings): “Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Surrender to Russia, Zelensky Says” → “Trump’s Push for Deals With Russia Powers His Frustration With Ukraine”
- Washington Examiner (5 wordings): “Trump says Zelensky ‘doesn’t want to end this war’ and defends Russia strategy” → “Trump calls on ‘somebody else’ to negotiate for Ukraine”
Every outlet's first headline (20), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Zelenskyy Gives Trump A Grave Warning: Ukraine ‘Will Not Be Able To Stand’ Oct 18, 9 PM ET
Raw Story
Zelenskyy scolds Trump as he defies president on world stage Oct 18, 9 AM ET
The Guardian
Trump slams Zelenskyy amid Russia sanctions rift and says ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine Oct 19, 5 PM ET
CBS News
Trump says Zelenskyy doesn't want to end Russia's war on Ukraine Oct 19, 5 AM ET
CNBC
Ukraine hits Russia with 1,000 drones; Trump-Zelenskyy spat continues Oct 18, 6 PM ET
CNN
Trump slams Zelensky after Ukraine defies demand to stop hitting Russian oil Ukraine launched a massive drone strike after Trump said he doesn't want to drive Russia from talks Oct 18, 10 PM ET
Mediaite
Trump Lashes Out at Zelensky For the Ongoing Russian Invasion of Ukraine: ‘He Could Have Made a Deal’ Oct 20, 5 PM ET
NBC News
Trump says Zelenskyy should not negotiate on behalf of Ukraine Oct 19, 4 PM ET
New York Times
Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Surrender to Russia, Zelensky Says Oct 19, 9 AM ET
PBS NewsHour
Trump escalates clash with Zelenskyy as Russia continues deadly attacks on Ukraine Oct 19, 8 PM ET
The Independent
Ukraine launches 1,000-drone attack after Trump accuses Zelensky of prolonging war Oct 19, 9 AM ET
Yahoo News
Trump rebukes Zelensky after Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia Oct 18, 11 PM ET
Bloomberg
Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine, Not Putin to Yield Oct 19, 5 AM ET
Reuters
Trump says Zelenskiy should get somebody else to negotiate to end war Oct 19, 6 PM ET
Scripps News
Europe Ukraine defies Trump and launches one of its biggest attacks on Russia this year Tim Lister and Daria Tarasova-Markina Oct 18, 1 PM ET
The Epoch Times
Trump Says Ukraine War Won’t Be Settled Unless Zelenskyy Leaves Office Oct 16, 8 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Trump says Zelensky ‘doesn’t want to end this war’ and defends Russia strategy Oct 18, 8 PM ET
New York Post
“I think it’s time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine,” Trump said in a blistering takedown of Zelensky. Oct 19, 5 PM ET
OAN
Trump says he doesn’t want to drive ‘Russia away from the bargaining table,’ signals progress in Russia-Ukraine War negotiations Oct 18, 7 PM ET
RFE/RL
Russia Pounds Ukraine With Missiles And Hundreds Of Drones Oct 17, 4 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKY IS “NOT HELPING” END WAR WITH RUSSIA CNN, 11 min
- Trump: Time for someone else to negotiate for Ukraine BBC News, 6 min
- TRUMP TO REPUBLICANS ON PUTIN DEAL: "I'M THE ONE THAT'S WINNING" CNN, 6 min
- TRUMP: "RUSSIA, FRANKLY, HAS BEEN FINE ON UKRAINE" CNN, 3 min
- DEM, GOP LAWMAKERS TELL ZELENSKY THEY REMAIN COMMITTED TO UKRAINE CNN, 3 min
- Zelensky accuses US of delaying munitions BBC News, 3 min
- TRUMP: RUSSIA HAS BEEN "FINE" ON UKRAINE, "HAVEN'T BEEN DOING MUCH". Sen. Thom Tillis | (R) Hosted Call Today With Lawmakers and Zelensky CNN, 2 min
- TRUMP SLAMS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, BLAMES HIM FOR CASUALTIES CNN, 2 min
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 19, 6:10 PM ET: story 2 of 2
🧶 Retelling
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- 🧩 Confidently wrong
🧶 online
“Donald Trump claimed that Ukraine has lost its oceans and seas.” - 🧩 Foreign asset
🧶 online
“Donald Trump claimed that Ukraine has lost its oceans and seas.”
🧶 Retold online
- Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are traveling to Norway for peace negotiations with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to end the war in Ukraine. Oct 20: told by 6 people (same issue)
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🗣️ names in it: Ukraine Russia Volodymyr Zelenskyy Donald Trump Russia-Ukraine War
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🧵 Persistence
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