🧵 Saga file #8
Alito leaks and retirement
Oct 3, 1 PM ET to Oct 6, 6 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 26outlets carried a part
- 🫏8 · 6 · 11🐘left · center · right
- 3.2 daysrunning so far
- 20 minof TV captions
- 3radio newscasts
- 7people 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 3, 1 PM ET · on the front pages 2.8 daysSupreme Court justice Alito considers retirement
- Oct 4, 4 PM ET · on the front pages 2.1 daysJustice Alito expresses concerns about efforts to intimidate the court
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1. Supreme Court justice Alito considers retirement
Oct 3, 1 PM ET · 16 outlets · on the front pages 2.8 days
“Justice Alito Addresses His Possible Retirement Timeline” first: HuffPost, Newsmax, The Blaze, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, Washington Examiner
📺 CNN 18 min, Fox News 18 s · 📻 3 newscasts
2. Justice Alito expresses concerns about efforts to intimidate the court
Oct 4, 4 PM ET · 17 outlets · on the front pages 2.1 days · 🔴 now
“Conservative Justice Alito Says Trump’s ‘Harsh’ Attacks Are ‘Damaging’ To Supreme Court” first: Forbes
📺 Fox News 77 s, CNN 12 s · 🧶 retold by 7
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- Justice Alito claims there is a 'concerted effort' to intimidate the Supreme Court. told by 7 people, on “Justice Alito expresses concerns about efforts to intimidate the court”
🧩 Intimidation 🧩 Conspiracy 🧩 Paid protestors