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🗞️ Story file #648

Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN after 43 years

Oct 19, 1 PM ET to Oct 22, 7 AM ET

👣 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 19, 1 PM ETfirst on a front page: Rolling Stone
  2. Oct 20, 8 AM ETpeak: on 28 front pages
  3. Oct 21, 8 AM ETretold online by 6 people
  4. Oct 21, 11 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 2012 PMOct 2112 PMOct 221428leftcenterright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 19, 1 PM to Oct 22, 7 AM ET (peak 28), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right
Oct 2012 PMOct 2112 PMOct 22The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New Republic, Oct 19, 12:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour Announces Exit From CNN With Farewell WarningNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Oct 19, 12:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour to Leave CNN: Biggest Moments in 4 Decades of ReportingThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 19, 12:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour leaving CNN after 43 yearsThe Independent, Oct 19, 3:00 PM ET: CNN star Christiane Amanpour leaving network she’s called home for 43 years after concerns over mergerThe Daily BeastThe Daily BeastThe Daily Beast, Oct 19, 12:00 PM ET: CNN Star Announces Shock Exit After 43 YearsUSA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour exiting CNN amid TV shakeupThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour announces she’s leaving CNN after 43 yearsCNNCNNCNN, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour announces she will leave CNN next JuneThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Longtime journalist Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN after 43 yearsRolling StoneRolling StoneRolling Stone, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour to Exit CNN in June After 43 Years 2 hours agoNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Longtime CNN star exiting network after more than four decades over Skydance concernsBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 19, 2:00 PM ET: Nolte: Disgraced, Far-Left Christiane Amanpour Leaving CNN in JuneIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Oct 19, 2:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour to Leave CNN After 43 YearsReutersReutersReuters, Oct 19, 2:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN after four decades as Ellison era beginsChicago TribuneChicago TribuneChicago Tribune, Oct 19, 2:00 PM ET: Longtime CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour leaving network after a storied career of 43 yearsHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 19, 2:00 PM ET: CNN Legend Christiane Amanpour To Leave Network After 43 YearsLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times, Oct 19, 2:00 PM ET: Longtime international correspondent Christiane Amanpour will exit CNN in JuneBBCBBCBBC, Oct 19, 2:00 PM ET: CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour to leave network after 43 yearsJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 19, 3:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour leaving CNN after 43 years, CEO saysMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Oct 19, 3:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour’s Exit From CNN After 43 Years Rocks the Media World: ‘It Will Change Our Network’Mediaite, Oct 20, 2:00 PM ET: Amanpour’s CNN Exit Gets Media Insiders BuzzingThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 19, 3:00 PM ET: Amanpour announces CNN departure after 43 yearsRaw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Oct 19, 5:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour tore into CNN's new owner — and knew she had to quitThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Oct 19, 7:00 PM ET: Disgraced Far-Left CNN Anchor Christiane Amanpour Announces She’s Leaving Network After 43 Years as New Ownership Takes ControlThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 19, 7:00 PM ET: Christiane Amanpour Announces CNN Departure After 43 Years With NetworkThe Western JournalThe Western JournalThe Western Journal, Oct 19, 7:00 PM ET: 43-Year CNN Veteran Announces Her Departure Weeks After Paramount Takes Over NetworkFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Oct 19, 8:00 PM ET: Veteran CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour announces exit from network, will go off the air next JuneNBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Oct 19, 10:00 PM ET: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to depart network after 43 yearsNBC News, Oct 20, 2:00 PM ET: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to leave network after 43 yearsTownhallTownhallTownhall, Oct 20, 7:00 AM ET: Is This Why Christiane Amanpour Is Leaving CNN?Townhall, Oct 20, 8:00 AM ET: Is This Why Christiane Amanpour Is Leaving CNN? Matt VespaAlternetAlternetAlternet, Oct 20, 8:00 AM ET: The truth behind Christiane Amanpour’s exit as CNN execs begged her to stay📺 TVCNN, 11:29 AM ET: INDIANIANAPOLIS NATIONALLY TARGETED TO BECOME TIMETT TV JOURNALISTCNN, 11:36 AM ET: INDIANIANAPOLIS NATIONALLY TARGETED TO BECOME TIMETT TV JOURNALISTCNN, 11:38 AM ET: INDIANIANAPOLIS NATIONALLY TARGETED TO BECOME TIMETT TV JOURNALIST🧶 online🧶found retold online (the day's report)
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💬 quoted: “It Will Change Our Network”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 leaving cnn

✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Mediaite (2 wordings): “Christiane Amanpour’s Exit From CNN After 43 Years Rocks the Media World: ‘It Will Change Our Network’” → “Amanpour’s CNN Exit Gets Media Insiders Buzzing”
  • NBC News (2 wordings): “CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to depart network after 43 years” → “CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to leave network after 43 years”
  • The Independent (2 wordings): “Christiane Amanpour leaving CNN after 43 years” → “CNN star Christiane Amanpour leaving network she’s called home for 43 years after concerns over merger”
  • Townhall (2 wordings): “Is This Why Christiane Amanpour Is Leaving CNN?” → “Is This Why Christiane Amanpour Is Leaving CNN? Matt Vespa”
Every outlet's first headline (28), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN17 s
  • INDIANIANAPOLIS NATIONALLY TARGETED TO BECOME TIMETT TV JOURNALIST CNN, 17 s

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

  • Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN because management is changing hands. Oct 21: told by 6 people; told before on Oct 20

    🦋 a post on Bluesky · 12 likes, 8 reposts

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: Christiane Amanpour CNN

🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

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