🧵 Saga file #55
Tesla flying car debut
Oct 15, 6 PM ET to Oct 16, 6 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 34outlets carried a part
- 🫏11 · 7 · 16🐘left · center · right
- 1 dayrunning so far
- 57 minof TV captions
- 3radio newscasts
- 32people retold it online
🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
- Oct 16, 6 AM ET · on the front pages 4 hoursTesla unveils redesigned Roadster with rocket boosters
- Oct 15, 6 PM ET · on the front pages 1 dayTesla unveils flying Roadster with SpaceX technology
📰 Spread
each part on the front pages, hour by hour
🧩 The parts
each one opens its own page
1. Tesla unveils redesigned Roadster with rocket boosters
Oct 16, 6 AM ET · 4 outlets · on the front pages 4 hours
“Tesla unveils next generation Roadster sports EV after years of delay” first: Reuters
2. Tesla unveils flying Roadster with SpaceX technology
Oct 15, 6 PM ET · 34 outlets · on the front pages 1 day · 🔴 now
“Tesla set to unveil next generation Roadster sports EV after years of delay” first: Reuters
📺 BBC News 30 min, Fox News 17 min, CNN 10 min · 📻 3 newscasts · 🧶 retold by 32
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it, part by part
- Tesla has unveiled a next-generation Roadster featuring SpaceX-derived thrusters that allow it to perform extraordinary maneuvers. told by 24 people, on “Tesla unveils flying Roadster with SpaceX technology”
- Critics argue the Tesla Roadster stunt is a useless spectacle designed to pump stock and distract from Elon Musk's alleged harmful actions. told by 8 people, on “Tesla unveils flying Roadster with SpaceX technology”