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🗞️ Story file #116

Supreme Court declines to hear school speech case

Oct 5, 5 PM ET to Oct 6, 7 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

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  1. Oct 5, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Washington Times
  2. Oct 6, 8 AM ETpeak: on 12 front pages

📰 Spread

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Oct 5, 6 PMOct 66 AM12 PM6 PM612leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 5, 5 PM to Oct 6, 7 PM ET (peak 12), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 5, 12 PM6 PMOct 66 AM12 PM6 PMCNNCNNCNN, Oct 5, 10:00 AM ET: Supreme Court declines First Amendment case of students forced to remove ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirtsNews NationNews NationNews Nation, Oct 5, 11:00 AM ET: Supreme Court declines to take up school ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ shirtsUSA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today, Oct 5, 11:00 AM ET: Supreme Court skips 'Let's Go Brandon' school speech caseScripps NewsScripps NewsScripps News, Oct 5, 12:00 PM ET: Supreme Court SCOTUS rejects appeal over Michigan school's ban on 'Let's Go Brandon' apparel AP via Scripps News GroupNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 5, 1:00 PM ET: Supreme Court won’t hear case of students banned from wearing ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ shirtsPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHour, Oct 5, 1:00 PM ET: Supreme Court rejects Michigan woman's appeal over school's ban on 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirtsThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 5, 5:00 PM ET: Supreme Court won’t hear ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ caseNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Oct 5, 6:00 PM ET: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Apparel School Ban CaseThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 5, 7:00 PM ET: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Over School's Ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ SweatshirtsNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 5, 9:00 PM ET: Supreme Court Declines to Hear 'Let's Go Brandon' AppealPJ MediaPJ MediaPJ Media, Oct 6, 12:00 AM ET: The Supreme Court Won’t Save ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ From the School CensorsJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 6, 8:00 AM ET: Supreme Court rejects request to hear case of school district banning 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirtsBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 6, 1:00 PM ET: Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Students Banned from Wearing ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ SweatshirtsBreitbart, Oct 6, 2:00 PM ET: Supreme Court Won't Hear 'Let's Go Brandon' Sweatshirt Appeal
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.

💬 quoted: “Let's Go Brandon” 8

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 hear case 🐘 hear let's

✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Breitbart (2 wordings): “Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Students Banned from Wearing ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Sweatshirts” → “Supreme Court Won't Hear 'Let's Go Brandon' Sweatshirt Appeal”
Every outlet's first headline (13), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

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🧶 Retelling

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🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Supreme Court Michigan Students Schools Scripps News Group AP (Associated Press)

🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

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🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.