🧵 Saga file #94
Trump's Iran War Profits
Oct 23, 7 PM ET to Oct 27, 4 AM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 13outlets carried a part
- 🫏10 · 2 · 1🐘left · center · right
- 3.4 daysrunning so far
- 28 minof TV captions
- 19people 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 23, 7 PM ET · on the front pages 17 hoursOil prices rise above $117 amid Middle East tensions
- Oct 26, 11 AM ET · on the front pages 17 hoursTrump's oil and gas investments rose during the Iran war
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1. Oil prices rise above $117 amid Middle East tensions
Oct 23, 7 PM ET · 6 outlets · on the front pages 17 hours
“Brent crude oil tops $116, a six-month high, as Middle East tensions swell” first: CNBC, New York Post
📺 BBC News 86 s, CNN 20 s · 🧶 retold by 19
2. Trump's oil and gas investments rose during the Iran war
Oct 26, 11 AM ET · 7 outlets · on the front pages 17 hours · 🔴 now
“Trump Brags U.S. Is Making A ‘Fortune’ Off High Gas Prices As Oil Hits Highest Price in Nearly 6 Months” first: HuffPost
📺 CNN 22 min, MSNOW 3 min, BBC News 2 min
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- The Houthis claim to have attacked Saudi oil facilities and airports while denying attacks on Mecca and Medina. told by 8 people, on “Oil prices rise above $117 amid Middle East tensions”
🧩 Missile at Mecca - Oil prices are spiking due to fears of escalating conflict in the Middle East and potential war with Iran. told by 11 people, on “Oil prices rise above $117 amid Middle East tensions”