DOJ sends target letters to 20 Democrats in Alaska Senate probe

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DOJ sends target letters to 20 Democrats in Alaska Senate probe

Nov 3, 4 PM ET to Nov 5, 7 AM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean

18outlets carried it
🫏9 · 1 · 6🐘left · center · right
1.6 dayson the front pages
18front pages at once, at its peak
2 minof TV captions
1fact-check
1 of 2parts of a saga

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Nov 3, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: CNBC
Nov 4, 1 AM ETpeak: on 18 front pages
Nov 4, 1 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN

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💬 Quoted

“highly unusual”1
“heavy lift”1
“Decoy Dan”1

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✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “DOJ ramps up probe of Alaska Senate race with target letters, new subpoenas: Sources” → “Related: DOJ ramps up probe of Alaska Senate race with target letters, new subpoenas: Sources”
Fox News (2 wordings): “Legal experts cast doubt on DOJ's Alaska election appeal as criminal probe looms” → “DOJ faces ‘heavy lift’ in Alaska election appeal as separate criminal probe continues”
Newsmax (3 wordings): “DOJ Sends Target Letters in Alaska Senate Campaign Probe” → “DOJ: 20 Letters in Alaska Senate Recruitment Probe”

📰 Every outlet's headline 18left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 3, 3 PM ET NYT: Trump DOJ Sends Dems Menacing Letters In Escalation Of Alaska Senate Meddling
Raw Story🕒 Nov 3, 2 PM ET Trump's DOJ takes 'highly unusual' action against Democrats in Alaska: NYT
The Guardian🕒 Nov 3, 8 PM ET DoJ tells Democrats in letters they could be targets of Alaska ballot investigation
ABC News🕒 Nov 3, 3 PM ET DOJ ramps up probe of Alaska Senate race with target letters, new subpoenas: Sources
Axios🕒 Nov 3, 3 PM ET DOJ targets roughly 20 Democrats in Alaska election probe, reports say
CBS News🕒 Nov 3, 3 PM ET Attorney and Trump foe targeted in Alaska ballot probe, sources say
CNBC🕒 Nov 3, 4 PM ET Trump DOJ sends target letters to Democrats in Alaska Senate criminal probe: Reports
PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 3, 8 PM ET Justice Department sent target letters in Alaska Senate criminal probe. Here's what that means
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 3, 6 PM ET Justice Dept. issues target letters in Alaska Senate investigation
The Hill🕒 Nov 3, 7 PM ET DOJ sends target letters in Alaska probe to 20 Democrats
Just the News🕒 Nov 4, 1 AM ET DOJ sends letters to people for suspected involvement in Alaska spoiler candidate probe
Fox News🕒 Nov 3, 7 AM ET Legal experts cast doubt on DOJ's Alaska election appeal as criminal probe looms
IJR🕒 Nov 3, 7 PM ET DOJ Sends Target Letters in Alaska Senate Probe
Newsmax🕒 Nov 3, 5 PM ET DOJ Sends Target Letters in Alaska Senate Campaign Probe
The National Desk🕒 Nov 3, 10 PM ET DOJ sends target letters to 20 Democrats in Alaska Senate race probe: report
Townhall🕒 Nov 3, 7 AM ET This Interview With an Alaska Voter Is Why the DOJ Is Pursuing Legal Action
Punchbowl News🕒 Nov 3, 6 PM ET DOJ launches criminal probe in Alaska race premium Senate
The Washington Sun🕒 Nov 3, 6 PM ET Justice Department Escalates Alaska Senate Criminal Probe With Target Letters

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what people online made of it

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

🗣️ Names in it

AlaskaDemocratic PartyDonald TrumpLegal experts

what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

🧵 Alaska Senate probe

DOJ sends target letters to 20 Democrats in Alaska Senate probe (this story)
Nov 3, 4 PM ET
Alaska Senate race remains too close to call
Nov 5, 4 AM ET

DOJ sends target letters to 20 Democrats in Alaska Senate probe

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🧵 Alaska Senate probe