🧵 Saga file #57
Katie Zacharia's departure
Oct 9, 3 PM ET to Oct 17, 6 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 71outlets carried a part
- 🫏33 · 13 · 23🐘left · center · right
- 8.1 daysrunning so far
- 498 minof TV captions
- 11radio newscasts
- 442people 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 17, 11 AM ET · on the front pages 2 hoursKatie Zacharia grilled by Sean Hannity over legal credentials
- Oct 9, 3 PM ET · on the front pages 8.1 daysKatie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post
📰 Spread
each part on the front pages, hour by hour
🧩 The parts
each one opens its own page
1. Katie Zacharia grilled by Sean Hannity over legal credentials
Oct 17, 11 AM ET · 8 outlets · on the front pages 2 hours
“Katie Zacharia gets tough treatment from Trump ally Sean Hannity” first: USA Today
2. Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post
Oct 9, 3 PM ET · 71 outlets · on the front pages 8.1 days · 🔴 now
“Katie Zacharia offered White House press secretary job” first: ABC News, Axios, BBC, Bloomberg, CBS News, Forbes, Fox News, HuffPost, Just the News, Mediaite, NBC News, New York Post, Newsmax, Newsweek, Reuters, The Daily Signal, The Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, The New Republic, The Post Millennial, The Sun, The Washington Sun, Time, Townhall, USA Today, Washington Examiner
📺 CNN 342 min, MSNOW 72 min, BBC News 56 min, Fox News 28 min · 📻 11 newscasts · 🧶 retold by 442
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it, part by part
- Katie Zacharia was fired as press secretary after only five days because she is incompetent and lied about her credentials. told by 13 people, on “Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post”
- She didn't stay in her position long enough for SNL to write a sketch about her. told by 6 people, on “Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post”
- Katie Zacharia is accused of the unlicensed practice of law by misrepresenting herself as an attorney. told by 342 people, on “Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post”
- Donald Trump selects press secretaries based on their resemblance to Ivanka Trump. told by 19 people, on “Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post”
- People are questioning how long the current official will last in her position, using the tenure of Mike Scaramucci as a benchmark. told by 19 people, on “Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post”
- Trump's new press spokesperson is an incompetent, dishonest airhead who lacks original thoughts. told by 18 people, on “Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post”
- Katie Zacharia has been offered or appointed as the new White House Press Secretary. told by 25 people, on “Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post”