Cornell Jane Doe says president questioned her rape allegation

🗞️ Story file #724

Cornell Jane Doe says president questioned her rape allegation

Oct 20, 6 PM ET to Oct 22, 12 PM ET

14outlets carried it
🫏11 · 2 · 1🐘left · center · right
1.8 dayson the front pages
14front pages at once, at its peak
20 minof TV captions
19 of 20parts of a saga

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Oct 20, 6 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Independent
Oct 21, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 21, 11 AM ETpeak: on 14 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 20, 6 PM to Oct 22, 12 PM ET (peak 14), 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.

📡 wire copy: 2 outlets ran the AP headline nearly word for word (HuffPost, PBS NewsHour)

💬 quoted: “unsupported” 4 “Cornell 7” “unsupported and disbelieved” 4

✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (2 wordings): “Woman who accused Cornell students of rape says president's response made her feel 'unsupported'” → “Woman who accused students of rape says Cornell president's response made her feel 'unsupported'”
New York Post (2 wordings): “Cold shoulder ‘Cornell 7’ accuser Jane Doe says university president’s response made her feel ‘unsupported’” → “Cold shoulder ‘Cornell 7’ accuser rips into university president’s response to gang rape allegations”
The Independent (2 wordings): “Cornell’s Jane Doe sent a letter to faculty leaders saying she felt ‘unsupported’ by university president” → “Jane Doe says Cornell president questioned why it took so long to report rape”

Every outlet's first headline (14), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Woman Who Accused Cornell Students Of Rape Says President's Response Made Her Feel 'Unsupported' Oct 20, 8 PM ET
The Guardian Ex-student alleging sexual assault felt ‘unsupported’ by Cornell president Oct 20, 2 PM ET
ABC News Jane Doe says she felt 'unsupported and disbelieved' by Cornell president Oct 20, 9 PM ET
AP Woman who accused Cornell students of rape says president's response made her feel 'unsupported' Oct 20, 7 PM ET
CBS News Cornell responds to Jane Doe letter saying she felt disbelieved Oct 20, 3 PM ET
CNN Jane Doe said she felt ‘unsupported and disbelieved’ by Cornell president in letter sent to faculty leaders Oct 20, 7 PM ET
Los Angeles Times Woman in Cornell rape case says university president’s response made her feel ‘disbelieved’ Oct 20, 11 PM ET
NBC News Jane Doe says Cornell president appeared to question allegations in letter to faculty senate Oct 20, 3 PM ET
New York Times Cornell’s Jane Doe Sent Letter to Faculty Senate Ahead of Vote Oct 20, 11 AM ET
PBS NewsHour Woman who accused Cornell students of rape says university president's response made her feel 'unsupported' Oct 20, 7 PM ET
The Independent Cornell’s Jane Doe sent a letter to faculty leaders saying she felt ‘unsupported’ by university president Oct 20, 6 PM ET
BBC Cornell Jane Doe says embattled university head doubted her gang-rape allegation Oct 20, 6 PM ET
The Hill Cornell responds to Jane Doe’s letter saying she felt ‘unsupported’ by university president Oct 20, 8 PM ET
New York Post Cold shoulder ‘Cornell 7’ accuser Jane Doe says university president’s response made her feel ‘unsupported’ Oct 21, 11 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

Fox News14 min

CNN6 min

MSNOW15 s

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Jane Doe Sends Letter to Cornell University Faculty Leaders CNN, 2 min
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AQC: Suspicious Letter sent. To Office Was Attempt To Intimidate CNN, 42 s