🧵 Saga file #64
Alberta separatism referendum
Oct 16, 7 AM ET to Oct 19, 6 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 23outlets carried a part
- 🫏9 · 6 · 8🐘left · center · right
- 3.5 daysrunning so far
- 30 minof TV captions
- 3radio newscasts
- 30people 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, 7 AM ET · on the front pages 2.4 daysCanadian PM and Alberta premier address separation referendum
- Oct 19, 2 AM ET · on the front pages 16 hoursAlberta holds referendum on separation from Canada
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🧩 The parts
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1. Canadian PM and Alberta premier address separation referendum
Oct 16, 7 AM ET · 12 outlets · on the front pages 2.4 days
“Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney Says Alberta Separation Vote Comes at ‘worst Time’” first: Newsmax
📺 BBC News 2 min · 📻 2 newscasts · 🧶 retold by 8
2. Alberta holds referendum on separation from Canada
Oct 19, 2 AM ET · 17 outlets · on the front pages 16 hours · 🔴 now
“Mark Carney Says U.S. Is Trying To Break Canada As Alberta Votes On Separation Path” first: HuffPost
📺 BBC News 28 min, CNN 37 s · 📻 1 newscast · 🧶 retold by 22
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it, part by part
- Prime Minister Mark Carney is campaigning in Alberta to promote Canadian unity ahead of a provincial referendum on separation. told by 8 people, on “Canadian PM and Alberta premier address separation referendum”
- Albertans are voting on whether to remain in Canada or pursue independence via a referendum. told by 22 people, on “Alberta holds referendum on separation from Canada”