Iranian and Qatari negotiators continue talks to end US-Iran war

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Iranian and Qatari negotiators continue talks to end US-Iran war

Oct 30, 7 PM ET to Nov 2, 10 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

14outlets carried it
🫏3 · 4 · 6🐘left · center · right
3.2 dayson the front pages
11front pages at once, at its peak
23 minof TV captions
1radio newscast
13 of 28parts of a saga

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Oct 30, 7 PM ETfirst on a front page: Breitbart
Oct 31, 1 PM ETpeak: on 11 front pages
Oct 31, 3 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Nov 2, 12 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 30, 7 PM to Nov 2, 10 PM ET (peak 11), 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, and a headline swapped for a new one between our hourly looks runs on to it. A gap means a look found the story gone from that front page. 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 Reuters headline nearly word for word

CNBC, News Nation, Newsmax

✏️ 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

CNBC (5 wordings): “Qatari mediators held talks in Tehran aimed at restarting direct U.S.-Iran negotiations, source says” → “Iran, Qatari mediators hold third day of talks to end U.S.-Iran war”
New York Post (3 wordings): “US, Iran race to revive Qatar talks as Trump weighs new strikes after midterms” → “US and Iran negotiators are pushing for a peace deal to end the eight-month war, with altered proposals but no breakthrough coming in on Monday.”
Newsmax (2 wordings): “Iranian Envoys Meet Qatari Mediators Amid US Strike Threat” → “Iranian Negotiators Continue Talks to End the US-Iran War”
Reuters (7 wordings): “Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for US-Iran deal, official says” → “Iran says contacts over ending war continue after talks finish with no breakthrough”
The Washington Times (2 wordings): “Qatari mediators return to Tehran for talks” → “U.S.-Iran talks on last-minute peace plan continue as fears of escalation simmer”

📰 Every outlet's headline 14left to right by AllSides rating