🗞️ Story file #822
Federal judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit
Oct 22, 12 PM ET to Oct 24, 5 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 29outlets carried it
- 🫏12 · 8 · 8🐘left · center · right
- 2.2 dayson the front pages
- 28front pages at once, at its peak
- 25 minof TV captions
- 9radio newscasts
- 15people retold it online
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- Oct 22, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
- Oct 22, 12 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 22, 1 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
- Oct 22, 8 PM ETpeak: on 28 front pages
- Oct 24, 8 AM ETretold online by 15 people
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (Axios)
📌 linked by aggregators: Drudge Report Google News Political Wire
💬 quoted: “Walk Out”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 house lawyer predicts
✏️ 11 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- CNBC (2 wordings): “Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit by Dec. 11: Reports” → “Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation suit by Dec. 11: Reports”
- CNN (3 wordings): “Breaking News Trump can’t avoid deposition in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC” → “Trump can’t avoid videotaped deposition in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC”
- HuffPost (3 wordings): “Judge Orders Trump To Sit For Deposition In BBC Defamation Lawsuit” → “Ex-White House Lawyer Predicts What Trump Will Do After Being Ordered To Sit For A Deposition”
- Just the News (2 wordings): “Trump must sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit by Dec. 11, judge rules” → “Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition by Dec. 11 in his BBC defamation suit”
- Mediaite (2 wordings): “JUST IN: Trump Ordered By Judge to Sit for Deposition in Lawsuit Against BBC” → “Former Trump White House Lawyer Predicts President Will ‘Walk Out’ of Deposition in Defamation Case”
- Newsmax (3 wordings): “Trump Lawyers, BBC Clash Over Depositions in $10 Billion Defamation Case” → “Judge Orders Trump Deposition in BBC Lawsuit”
- Reuters (2 wordings): “Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10 billion BBC lawsuit, AP reports” → “Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10 billion BBC lawsuit”
- The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Trump Sues BBC for $10 Billion Over Misleading Jan. 6 Edits” → “Judge Orders Trump to Sit for Deposition Soon”
- The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “BREAKING: Judge Orders President Trump to Sit For Deposition in Defamation Lawsuit Against the BBC – Or Face Sanctions” → “Watch Live: Judge Orders President Trump to Sit For Deposition in Defamation Lawsuit Against the BBC – Or Face Sanctions and More! The WAR Zone Podcast With Wayne Allyn Root Presented by The Gateway Pundit”
- The New Republic (2 wordings): “Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit Backfires” → “Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit Blows Up”
- Yahoo News (2 wordings): “Trump threatened by judge with sanctions if he doesn’t sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC defamation suit” → “Trump must sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit by Dec. 11, judge rules”
Every outlet's first headline (29), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Judge Orders Trump To Sit For Deposition In BBC Defamation Lawsuit Oct 22, 12 PM ET
Raw Story
Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit after months of delay Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The Daily Beast
Trump Suffers Stinging Defeat in $10B Lawsuit He Filed Himself Oct 22, 5 PM ET
The Guardian
US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The New Republic
Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit Backfires Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Axios
Trump ordered to sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit Oct 22, 12 PM ET
CBS News
Judge says Trump must sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit Oct 22, 1 PM ET
CNBC
Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit by Dec. 11: Reports Oct 22, 1 PM ET
CNN
Breaking News Trump can’t avoid deposition in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC Oct 22, 2 PM ET
Mediaite
JUST IN: Trump Ordered By Judge to Sit for Deposition in Lawsuit Against BBC Oct 22, 1 PM ET
The Independent
Trump ordered to sit for deposition in $10B defamation case against BBC Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Yahoo News
Trump threatened by judge with sanctions if he doesn’t sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC defamation suit Oct 20, 11 PM ET
BBC
Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Chicago Tribune
Judge orders President Donald Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation case Oct 23, 5 PM ET- Financial Times Trump ordered to face BBC questioning in $10bn defamation lawsuit Oct 22, 3 PM ET
Newsweek
Judge Orders Trump to Sit for Deposition in $10B BBC Defamation Lawsuit Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Reuters
Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10 billion BBC lawsuit, AP reports Oct 22, 2 PM ET
Scripps News
The Trump Presidency Judge orders Trump to be deposed in $10 billion lawsuit against BBC AP via Scripps News Group Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The Hill
Judge orders Trump to be deposed in his BBC defamation suit Oct 22, 12 PM ET
WSJ
Trump Must Sit for Deposition in BBC Lawsuit, Judge Orders Oct 22, 4 PM ET
Just the News
Trump must sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit by Dec. 11, judge rules Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The Epoch Times
Trump Sues BBC for $10 Billion Over Misleading Jan. 6 Edits Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The Sun
BEEB ROW Trump ordered to sit for deposition over $10bn BBC Panorama doc lawsuit Oct 22, 5 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Judge orders Trump to sit for BBC defamation hearing by Dec. 11 Oct 22, 1 PM ET
New York Post
Trump hit with pivotal choice in $10 billion lawsuit against major media outlet Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Newsmax
Trump Lawyers, BBC Clash Over Depositions in $10 Billion Defamation Case Oct 22, 11 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit
BREAKING: Judge Orders President Trump to Sit For Deposition in Defamation Lawsuit Against the BBC – Or Face Sanctions Oct 22, 1 PM ET
The Western Journal
Federal Judge Orders Trump to Sit for Taped Deposition Before Deadline Oct 22, 8 PM ET
The Washington Sun
Judge Orders Trump to Sit for Deposition in BBC Defamation Lawsuit by Dec. 11 Oct 22, 12 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- Fifa boss tells BBC News he will not resign BBC News, 8 min
- Trump ordered to sit for BBC lawsuit deposition BBC News, 6 min
- Trump ordered to face interview under oath in BBC case BBC News, 3 min
- JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP TO SIT FOR DEPOSITION IN $10B MEDIA LAWSUIT CNN, 3 min
- JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP TO SIT FOR DEPOSITION IN $10B BBC LAWSUIT. Ty Cobb | Former Trump White House Lawyer CNN, 2 min
- JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP SIT FOR DEPOSITION IN BBC LAWSUIT MSNOW, 2 min
- Trump BBC case BBC News, 18 s
- RPT: JUDGE FORCES TRUMP TO SIT FOR DEPOSITION MSNOW, 16 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 8:09 AM ET: story 2 of 7
- ABC News Update, Oct 23, 7:05 AM ET: story 3 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 6:10 AM ET: story 2 of 5
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 2:09 AM ET: story 3 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 1:10 AM ET: story 5 of 6
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 11:10 PM ET: story 2 of 6
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 7:10 PM ET: story 3 of 8
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 2:13 PM ET: story 5 of 6
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 12:10 PM ET: story 5 of 7
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- 🧩 Ducking the fight
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“Donald Trump is avoiding a deposition in a $10 billion defamation lawsuit from the BBC.”
🧶 Retold online
- A judge ordered Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Oct 24: told by 15 people; told before on Oct 23, Oct 18, Oct 16, Oct 14
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