BND - British man arrested over suspected RAF Fairford terrorism plot

🗞️ Story file #139

British man arrested over suspected RAF Fairford terrorism plot

Oct 6, 10 AM ET to Oct 6, 7 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

17outlets carried it
🫏6 · 3 · 7🐘left · center · right
9 hourson the front pages
17front pages at once, at its peak
11 minof TV captions
3 of 3parts of a saga

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Oct 6, 10 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Oct 6, 10 AM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 6, 4 PM ETpeak: on 17 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 6, 10 AM to Oct 6, 7 PM ET (peak 17), 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. 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: “They Didn't Fly Out by Accident”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 air base 🫏 7th man 🫏 man arrested

✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “UK arrests another British national related to incident near RAF Fairford” → “UK makes arrest related to RAF Fairford”
Military.com (2 wordings): “Dual UK-Iranian National Released on Bail Over Suspected Plot Against US-Run Military Base” → “UK Police Arrest a 7th Man in Connection With a Security Incident at a US-Run Air Base”
New York Post (2 wordings): “Terror suspect arrested charges in probe into alleged Iran-linked plot at UK airbase” → “Terror suspect arrested in probe into alleged Iran-linked plot at UK airbase”
Newsmax (3 wordings): “Man Arrested in UK on Suspicion of Terror Offense over Incident at US-run Air Base” → “Man Arrested in UK for Alleged Terror Incident at US Air Base”
Red State (2 wordings): “'They Didn’t Fly Out by Accident': 7th Arrest Deepens RAF Fairford Terror Mystery” → “Terrorism 'They Didn’t Fly Out by Accident': 7th Arrest Deepens RAF Fairford Terror Mystery Teri Christoph”
Townhall (3 wordings): “There's Another Arrest in the RAF Fairford Suspected Terror Plot As Iran Concerns Swirl” → “Terrorism There's Another Arrest in the RAF Fairford Suspected Terror Plot As Iran Concerns Swirl Cameron Arcand”

Every outlet's first headline (17), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost New Arrest Over Suspected Plot At British Base Linked To Iran War Oct 6, 11 AM ET
The Guardian British man arrested over suspected UK airbase terrorism plot Oct 6, 10 AM ET
ABC News UK arrests another British national related to incident near RAF Fairford Oct 6, 9 AM ET
CBS News U.K. arrests 7th man on suspicion of terrorism over air base incident Oct 6, 1 PM ET
Military.com Dual UK-Iranian National Released on Bail Over Suspected Plot Against US-Run Military Base Oct 3, 5 PM ET
New York Times Man Arrested in Connection With Incident at UK Air Base RAF Fairford Oct 6, 11 AM ET
BBC British national arrested in connection with RAF Fairford incident Oct 6, 9 AM ET
Bloomberg UK Counter-Terror Police Make Seventh Arrest in RAF Fairford Probe Oct 6, 9 AM ET
Reuters UK police make further arrest over suspected Fairford airbase plot Oct 6, 10 AM ET
The Epoch Times UK Makes 7th Arrest Over Security Incident Near RAF Fairford Airbase Oct 6, 2 PM ET
Washington Examiner UK national arrested in connection with RAF Fairford investigation Oct 6, 4 PM ET
IJR UK police arrest 22-year-old over suspected RAF Fairford terror plot Oct 6, 10 AM ET
New York Post Terror suspect arrested charges in probe into alleged Iran-linked plot at UK airbase Oct 6, 11 AM ET
Newsmax Man Arrested in UK on Suspicion of Terror Offense over Incident at US-run Air Base Oct 6, 10 AM ET
Red State 'They Didn’t Fly Out by Accident': 7th Arrest Deepens RAF Fairford Terror Mystery Oct 6, 10 AM ET
Townhall There's Another Arrest in the RAF Fairford Suspected Terror Plot As Iran Concerns Swirl Oct 6, 11 AM ET
The Washington Sun U.K. Police Arrest a Seventh Man in Connection With Terror Plot at U.S. Air Base Oct 6, 10 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News9 min

Fox News82 s

CNN31 s

New arrest in RAF Fairford investigation BBC News, 2 min
Police: New arrest in RAF Fairford investigation BBC News, 2 min
British national arrested over RAF Fairford BBC News, 2 min
British national arrested over airbase incident BBC News, 2 min
Seventh arrest made over Fairford incident BBC News, 63 s
UK airbase investigation BBC News, 34 s
UK POLICE ARREST 7TH PERSON IN INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPECTED FAIRFORD AIRBASE PLOT CNN, 31 s
7TH ARREST OVER SUSPECTED U.K. BASE TERROR PLOT Fox News, 21 s