🗞️ Story file #128
Televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86
Oct 6, 1 AM ET to Oct 6, 6 PM ET
- 32outlets carried it
- 🫏14 · 5 · 13🐘left · center · right
- 17 hourson the front pages
- 32front pages at once, at its peak
- 4 minof TV captions
- 9radio newscasts
- 16people retold it online
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 6, 1 AM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
- Oct 6, 2 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
- Oct 6, 4 AM ETretold online by 16 people
- Oct 6, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
- Oct 6, 6 PM ETpeak: on 32 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the AP headline nearly word for word (Breitbart)
📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire
💬 quoted: “PTL Club” 4 “BROKEN HEART” “Finished his race with faith”
🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 age 86
✏️ 10 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- AP (2 wordings): “Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86” → “Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86 - AP News”
- CBS News (2 wordings): “Jim Bakker, televangelist who co-founded "The PTL Club" empire, dies at 86” → “Jim Bakker, who co-founded "The PTL Club" but fell into disgrace, dies at 86”
- NBC News (2 wordings): “Jim Bakker, whose PTL ministry fell to scandal and fraud, dies at 86” → “Jim Bakker, whose globe-spanning PTL ministry fell to scandal and fraud, dies at 86”
- New York Post (5 wordings): “Jim Bakker rose to prominence after founding “The PTL Club,” a Christian television show he co-hosted with his first wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, from 1974 to 1989.” → “End of an era Scandal-scarred televangelist Jim Bakker dead at 86: ‘Finished his race with faith’”
- New York Times (2 wordings): “Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86” → “Jim Bakker, TV Evangelist Felled by Fraud and Sex Scandals, Dies”
- News Nation (2 wordings): “Jim Bakker, televangelist who built 'PTL Club' empire with Tammy Faye dies at 86” → “Jim Bakker, televangelist who built 'PTL Club' empire with Tammy Faye, dies at 86”
- The Guardian (2 wordings): “US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86” → “US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86”
- The Sun (2 wordings): “'BROKEN HEART' Controversial televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86” → “'BROKEN HEART' Controversial televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86 after building faith-based empire before sex & financial scandals hit”
- Townhall (2 wordings): “Televangelist Jim Bakker Dead at 86 Amy Curtis” → “Televangelist Jim Bakker Dead at 86”
- USA Today (2 wordings): “Jim Bakker, a televangelist who built a multimillion-dollar empire before being disgraced by scandals, dies at 86” → “Jim Bakker, televangelist whose empire collapsed amid scandal, dies”
Every outlet's first headline (32), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Televangelist Jim Bakker, Who Fell From Grace Over Sex And Financial Scandals, Dies Oct 6, 1 AM ET
The Daily Beast
Sex and Fraud Scandal-Plagued Televangelist Dies at 86 Oct 6, 6 AM ET
The Guardian
US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86 Oct 6, 5 AM ET- AP Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86 Oct 6, 7 AM ET
CBS News
Jim Bakker, televangelist who co-founded "The PTL Club" empire, dies at 86 Oct 6, 2 AM ET
CNN
Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a faith-based empire before resigning amid scandal, dies at 86 Oct 6, 2 AM ET
Los Angeles Times
Jim Bakker, televangelist who rose to fame and fell from grace, dies Oct 6, 10 AM ET
NBC News
Jim Bakker, whose PTL ministry fell to scandal and fraud, dies at 86 Oct 6, 10 AM ET
New York Times
Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86 Oct 6, 12 AM ET
PBS NewsHour
Jim Bakker, minister who built a televangelism empire and lost it from sex and money scandals, dies at 86 Oct 6, 12 PM ET
The Independent
Jim Bakker: Televangelist who lost his empire after sex scandal and fraud convictions dead at 86 Oct 6, 8 AM ET
The Washington Post
Jim Bakker, disgraced televangelist who went to prison, dies at 86 Oct 6, 1 AM ET
USA Today
Jim Bakker, a televangelist who built a multimillion-dollar empire before being disgraced by scandals, dies at 86 Oct 6, 1 AM ET
Yahoo News
Jim Bakker, televangelist who built a massive empire before scandal, dies at 86 Oct 6, 2 AM ET
BBC
US televangelist Jim Bakker, disgraced from sex scandal and fraud, dies at 86 Oct 6, 10 AM ET
News Nation
Jim Bakker, televangelist who built 'PTL Club' empire with Tammy Faye dies at 86 Oct 6, 1 AM ET
Newsweek
Jim Bakker Scandals Explained as Televangelist Dies at 86 Oct 6, 4 AM ET
Scripps News
Obituaries Jim Bakker, influential TV evangelist and PTL founder, dies at 86 AP via Scripps News Group Oct 6, 8 AM ET
Straight Arrow News
Televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86 after scandal-plagued career Oct 6, 7 AM ET
Just the News
Jim Bakker, famed televangelist felled by scandal, dies at age 86 Oct 6, 1 AM ET
The Epoch Times
Televangelist Jim Bakker Dies at Age 86 Oct 6, 2 AM ET
The Sun
'BROKEN HEART' Controversial televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86 Oct 6, 3 AM ET
Breitbart
Televangelist Jim Bakker, Who Lost his ‘PTL Club’ Empire in Sex and Money Scandals, Dies at 86 Oct 6, 11 AM ET
IJR
Televangelist Jim Bakker, convicted in PTL fraud case, dies at 86 Oct 6, 4 AM ET
New York Post
Jim Bakker rose to prominence after founding “The PTL Club,” a Christian television show he co-hosted with his first wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, from 1974 to 1989. Oct 6, 1 AM ET
Newsmax
Scandal-Ridden Televangelist Jim Bakker Dies at 86 Oct 6, 7 AM ET
Red State
Jim Bakker, PTL Founder, Scandal-Plagued Televangelist Dies at 86 Oct 6, 6 PM ET
The Blaze
Famed televangelist Jim Bakker dead at age 86 Oct 6, 5 PM ET
The Daily Wire
Disgraced Televangelist Dead At 86 Oct 6, 12 PM ET
The Post Millennial
Televangelist Jim Bakker dead at 86 Oct 6, 11 AM ET
The Western Journal
Breaking: Televangelist Jim Bakker Dies at 86 Oct 6, 12 AM ET
Townhall
Televangelist Jim Bakker Dead at 86 Amy Curtis Oct 6, 10 AM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- TELEVANGELIST JIM BAKKER DEAD AT 86 Fox News, 2 min
- TELEVANGELIST JIM BAKKER, WHO BUILT A FAITH-BASED EMPIRE BEFORE RESIGNING AMID SCANDAL, DIES AT 86 CNN, 80 s
- Televangelist Jim Bakker, Who Resigned Amid Scandal, Dies At Age 86 CNN, 36 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 6, 12:09 PM ET: story 5 of 5
- NPR News Now, Oct 6, 10:10 AM ET: story 8 of 8
- NPR News Now, Oct 6, 9:10 AM ET: story 7 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 6, 7:10 AM ET: story 7 of 7
- ABC News Update, Oct 6, 6:32 AM ET: story 3 of 4
- ABC News Update, Oct 6, 5:32 AM ET: story 4 of 4
- ABC News Update, Oct 6, 4:33 AM ET: story 3 of 3
- NPR News Now, Oct 6, 3:09 AM ET: story 6 of 6
- ABC News Update, Oct 6, 2:32 AM ET: story 3 of 3
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧶 Retold online
- Jim Bakker, a disgraced televangelist, built a large Christian broadcasting empire with his wife Tammy Faye, but lost it due to sex scandals and financial fraud. Oct 6: told by 16 people
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🗣️ names in it: Jim Bakker Tammy Faye Bakker PTL Club
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🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
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