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Federal Judge dismisses Trump's defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter

Oct 31, 5 PM ET to Nov 1, 4 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

📰 read it at: HuffPost Raw Story The Daily Beast The Guardian AP Axios CBS News CNBC CNN Los Angeles Times Mediaite PBS NewsHour The Independent The Washington Post USA Today Yahoo News BBC Bloomberg Chicago Tribune Reuters Straight Arrow News WSJ Just the News The Washington Times IJR The Gateway Pundit The National Desk The Washington Sun

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  1. Oct 31, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
  2. Oct 31, 5 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  3. Oct 31, 7 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
  4. Nov 1, 2 AM ETpeak: on 28 front pages

📰 Spread

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Oct 31, 6 PM8 PM10 PMNov 11 AM3 AM1428leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 31, 5 PM to Nov 1, 4 AM ET (peak 28), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 31, 6 PM8 PM10 PMNov 11 AM3 AMMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Oct 31, 4:01 PM ET: BREAKING: Judge Throws Out Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday ArticleMediaite, Oct 31, 8:01 PM ET: Judge Throws Out Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday ArticleAxiosAxiosAxios, Oct 31, 4:01 PM ET: Judge tosses Trump lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over Epstein storyRaw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Oct 31, 4:01 PM ET: Trump’s Epstein birthday letter lawsuit dealt fatal blow by judge: 'He has failed'The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letterJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over Epstein reportingReutersReutersReuters, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: US judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal with prejudiceReuters, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: Judge ends Trump's attempts to sue Wall Street Journal over Epstein reportingCNNCNNCNN, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: Breaking News Judge tosses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal again, this time for goodCNN, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: Judge tosses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal again, this time for goodThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: Judge permanently tosses Trump defamation lawsuit over Epstein storyWSJThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Publisher AgainCNBCCNBCCNBC, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: Trump suit against Murdoch, WSJ over Epstein letter dismissed with prejudiceBloombergBloombergBloomberg, Oct 31, 5:01 PM ET: WSJ Wins Dismissal of Trump’s $10 Billion Defamation SuitAPAPAP, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: 'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letterUSA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: Judge ends Trump bid to sue Wall Street Journal over Epstein reportingPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHour, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letterThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: JUST IN: Obama Judge Permanently Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday LetterLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter is dismissedThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: Judge Throws Out Trump's Suit Against the Wall Street Journal Over Epstein LetterCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: Judge dismisses with prejudice Trump lawsuit against Wall Street JournalThe Daily BeastThe Daily BeastThe Daily Beast, Oct 31, 6:01 PM ET: Judge Tosses Trump Defamation Lawsuit Over Epstein LetterChicago TribuneChicago TribuneChicago Tribune, Oct 31, 7:01 PM ET: ‘Grasping at straws’: Judge dismisses President Donald Trump’s suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letterStraight Arrow NewsStraight Arrow NewsStraight Arrow News, Oct 31, 7:01 PM ET: Judge dismisses Trump’s libel suit against WSJ over Epstein birthday letterYahoo NewsYahoo NewsYahoo News, Oct 31, 8:01 PM ET: Trump's revised lawsuit over Wall Street Journal's Epstein letter report is dismissedIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Oct 31, 8:01 PM ET: Judge Dismisses Trump’s $10 Billion Wall Street Journal SuitBBCBBCBBC, Oct 31, 9:01 PM ET: Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday bookHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 31, 10:01 PM ET: 'Grasping At Straws': Judge Dismisses Trump Suit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein LetterThe National DeskThe National DeskThe National Desk, Oct 31, 10:01 PM ET: Miami judge tosses Trump’s $10B defamation suit against WSJ, Murdoch with prejudiceThe Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post, Nov 1, 1:01 AM ET: Judge tosses Trump’s lawsuit over Wall Street Journal’s Epstein articleThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Nov 1, 2:01 AM ET: Trump loses lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein claims📺 TVBBC News, 9:23 PM ET: Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street JournalBBC News, 1:19 AM ET: Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against WSJBBC News, 1:20 AM ET: Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against WSJBBC News, 7:25 PM ET: Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal📻 radioABC News Update, Nov 1, 2:32 AM ET: story 2 of 3ABC News Update, Nov 1, 12:32 AM ET: story 2 of 3NPR News Now, Nov 1, 12:22 AM ET: story 5 of 8ABC News Update, Oct 31, 8:32 PM ET: story 2 of 4NPR News Now, Oct 31, 8:09 PM ET: story 3 of 7ABC News Update, Oct 31, 7:32 PM ET: story 3 of 4ABC News Update, Oct 31, 6:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3NPR News Now, Oct 31, 6:10 PM ET: story 2 of 7NPR News Now, Oct 31, 5:10 PM ET: story 4 of 7
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📡 Wire copy

4 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word

CBS News, HuffPost, PBS NewsHour, USA Today

💬 Quoted

  1. “Grasping at straws”3
  2. “He has failed”1

phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did

📌 Linked by aggregators

2 Political Wire · Google News

aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)

✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • CNN (2 wordings): “Breaking News Judge tosses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal again, this time for good” → “Judge tosses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal again, this time for good”
  • Mediaite (2 wordings): “BREAKING: Judge Throws Out Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Article” → “Judge Throws Out Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Article”
  • Reuters (2 wordings): “US judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal with prejudice” → “Judge ends Trump's attempts to sue Wall Street Journal over Epstein reporting”
📰 Every outlet's headline 28left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

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📺 On TV

minutes its captions were on screen, by channel; the disc is the network's lean

  1. ⚖️ BBC News 2 min

📻 On the radio

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  1. 🫏 ABC News Update 5× · best #2
  2. 🫏 NPR News Now 4× · best #2

🎙️ On the shows

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  1. 🫏 MeidasTouch 2
  2. ⚖️ Bloomberg News Now 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

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🕵️🤷 No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.

🧶 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

Donald TrumpWall Street JournalMurdochJudgeWSJ

🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

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

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