FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to Eric Swalwell investigation

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FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to Eric Swalwell investigation

Oct 27, 11 AM ET to Oct 28, 4 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

37outlets carried it
🫏11 · 8 · 17🐘left · center · right
17 hourson the front pages
37front pages at once, at its peak
25 minof TV captions
1radio newscast

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Oct 27, 11 AM ETfirst on a front page: CNN
Oct 27, 11 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 27, 4 PM ETpeak: on 37 front pages
Oct 27, 8 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 27, 11 AM to Oct 28, 4 AM ET (peak 37), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 3 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Washington Times)

📌 linked by aggregators: Drudge Report Google News Political Wire

💬 quoted: “an ongoing criminal investigation,”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 rep eric 🫏 former rep

✏️ 10 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “FBI searches home connected to former California Rep. Eric Swalwell” → “FBI searches home connected to Eric Swalwell”
AP (2 wordings): “AP sources: Federal agents search Beverly Hills mansion tied to ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell” → “Eric Swalwell investigation: Federal agents search Beverly Hills mansion tied to ex-Rep”
Breitbart (3 wordings): “Report: FBI Raid Beverly Hills Mansion Tied to Eric Swalwell Investigation” → “Nolte: FBI Raid Beverly Hills Mansion Reportedly Tied to Eric Swalwell Investigation”
CNN (3 wordings): “Breaking News FBI searches Beverly Hills mansion tied to former Rep. Eric Swalwell” → “FBI searches Beverly Hills mansion tied to former Rep. Eric Swalwell The agency says the search is related to 'an ongoing criminal investigation,' but declined to comment further”
Just the News (2 wordings): “FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion owned by Swalwell donor: CNN” → “FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion in connection with Swalwell probe”
Los Angeles Times (2 wordings): “Beverly Hills mansion raid tied to Eric Swalwell FBI probe, sources say” → “FBI raids billionaire’s Beverly Hills mansion in connection with Eric Swalwell probe, sources say”
New York Post (3 wordings): “Feds raid billionaire’s Beverly Hills mansion in dramatic Eric Swalwell probe — as source reveals sex worker link” → “The FBI on Tuesday morning raided a Beverly Hills mansion as part of the investigation into disgraced California politician Eric Swalwell.”
Red State (3 wordings): “FBI Raids Mansion Linked to Eric Swalwell Investigation Ward Clark” → “Swalwell's Troubles Deepen As FBI Raids Beverly Hills Mansion Amid New Fang Fang Revelations”
The Independent (2 wordings): “FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion in investigation into ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell” → “FBI continues investigating Eric Swalwell in Beverly Hills house raid”
Townhall (2 wordings): “Feds Raid Mansion Affiliated With Disgraced Dem Eric Swalwell Jeff Charles” → “Feds Raid Mansion Affiliated With Disgraced Dem Eric Swalwell”