Convicted murderer escapes Tennessee prison through fence

🗞️ Story file #989

Convicted murderer escapes Tennessee prison through fence

Oct 26, 5 PM ET to Oct 28, 6 AM ET

21outlets carried it
🫏8 · 5 · 8🐘left · center · right
1.5 dayson the front pages
20front pages at once, at its peak
9 minof TV captions
5radio newscasts
10people retold it online

👣 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.

Oct 26, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Oct 27, 1 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 27, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 27, 2 PM ETpeak: on 20 front pages
Oct 28, 5 AM ETretold online by 10 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 26, 5 PM to Oct 28, 6 AM ET (peak 20), 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.

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “he will kill somebody”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 serving life 🫏 life sentence 🫏 man serving

✏️ 9 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (3 wordings): “Convicted murderer escapes prison: Officials” → “Escaped murderer's stolen truck found, location remains unknown: Authorities”
CNN (3 wordings): “Manhunt underway after convicted murderer escapes through Tennessee prison’s fence and flees in stolen truck, officials say” → “Manhunt underway for convicted killer who escaped through Tennessee prison fence and fled in stolen truck, officials say”
Fox News (3 wordings): “Tennessee inmate convicted of murder escapes from prison, manhunt underway: Officials” → “Murderer’s stolen truck found during manhunt after convict’s prison escape”
NBC News (5 wordings): “Authorities launch manhunt for convicted killer who escaped Tennessee prison” → “As Tennessee manhunt continues, sister of murderer’s victim warns ‘he will kill somebody’”
News Nation (3 wordings): “Manhunt underway after convicted murderer escapes Tennessee prison” → “Murder victim's friend warns public amid manhunt for Tennessee prison escapee”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Who is Jacob Morley? Manhunt Underway After Killer Escapes Tennessee Prison” → “Jacob Morley: Manhunt Underway After Killer Escapes Tennessee Prison”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Manhunt under way in Tennessee after convicted murderer escapes prison” → “Man serving life sentence for murder escapes Tennessee prison, slipping through fence, officials say”
The Washington Post (3 wordings): “Search underway after man convicted of murder escapes Tennessee prison” → “Manhunt underway for escaped prisoner who stole a truck during his getaway”
Townhall (2 wordings): “There's a Manhunt Underway for Escaped Tennessee Murderer Amy Curtis” → “There's a Manhunt Underway for Escaped Tennessee Murderer”

Every outlet's first headline (21), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Man Serving Life Sentence For Murder Escapes Tennessee Prison Through Fence Oct 26, 5 PM ET
The Guardian Manhunt under way in Tennessee after convicted murderer escapes prison Oct 26, 1 PM ET
ABC News Convicted murderer escapes prison: Officials Oct 26, 1 PM ET
CBS News Convicted murderer escapes prison through fence, steals truck Oct 27, 9 AM ET
CNN Manhunt underway after convicted murderer escapes through Tennessee prison’s fence and flees in stolen truck, officials say Oct 26, 10 PM ET
NBC News Authorities launch manhunt for convicted killer who escaped Tennessee prison Oct 26, 8 PM ET
The Washington Post Search underway after man convicted of murder escapes Tennessee prison Oct 27, 1 PM ET
Yahoo News Murderer serving life escapes Tennessee prison and is still at large Oct 27, 1 AM ET
BBC Manhunt under way for Tennessee killer who escaped prison through a fence Oct 27, 12 PM ET
News Nation Manhunt underway after convicted murderer escapes Tennessee prison Oct 26, 5 PM ET
Newsweek Who is Jacob Morley? Manhunt Underway After Killer Escapes Tennessee Prison Oct 27, 5 AM ET
Scripps News Crime Tennessee inmate serving life sentence escapes through prison fence AP via Scripps News Group Oct 27, 9 AM ET
Straight Arrow News Surveillance video shows escaped Tennessee murderer driving away in stolen truck Oct 27, 8 AM ET
Just the News Convicted murderer escapes from maximum-security Tennessee prison, authorities confirm Oct 27, 12 AM ET
The Washington Times Tennessee murderer on the run after escaping from state prison Oct 27, 6 PM ET
Fox News Tennessee inmate convicted of murder escapes from prison, manhunt underway: Officials Oct 26, 2 PM ET
IJR Convicted Murderer Escapes Tennessee Prison; Manhunt Underway Oct 27, 2 PM ET
New York Post Manhunt underway for murderer who escaped Tennessee prison Oct 26, 11 AM ET
The Daily Wire WATCH: Convicted Killer Escapes Prison, Triggers Multi-State Manhunt Oct 27, 1 PM ET
The Western Journal Have You Seen Him? Police Search for Murderer Who Escaped Tennessee Prison Oct 26, 7 PM ET
Townhall There's a Manhunt Underway for Escaped Tennessee Murderer Amy Curtis Oct 27, 9 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

Fox News5 min

CNN4 min

MURDER SUSPECT OFFERS GUILTY PLEA FOR CHEESESTEAK Fox News, 2 min
MANHUNT IN TENNESSEE FOR CONVICTED MURDERER WHO ESCAPED CNN, 69 s
ACCUSED MURDERER OFFERS TO CONFESS FOR A MEAL Fox News, 51 s
MANHUNT FOR MURDERER CNN, 48 s
Manhunt For Convicted Murderer Who Escaped Prison In NW Tennessee Sunday Night CNN, 41 s
POLICE SEARCHING FOR ESCAPED INMATE CONVICTED OF MURDER CNN, 31 s
MULTI-STATE MANHUNT UNDERWAY FOR ESCAPED KILLER Fox News, 28 s
CONVICTED MURDERER ESCAPES PRISON IN TN Fox News, 23 s