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🗞️ Story file #1558

Armed man arrested near White House over Trump threat

Nov 6, 8 PM ET to Nov 7, 10 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

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👣 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.

  1. Nov 6, 8 PM ETfirst on a front page: Raw Story
  2. Nov 6, 9 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  3. Nov 7, 12 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
  4. Nov 7, 4 AM ETretold online by 10 people
  5. Nov 7, 9 AM ETpeak: on 26 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Nov 6, 9 PMNov 73 AM6 AM9 AM1326leftrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Nov 6, 8 PM to Nov 7, 10 AM ET (peak 26), by the outlets' lean: left · right · not rated
Nov 6, 9 PMNov 73 AM6 AM9 AMFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Nov 6, 6:02 PM ET: Secret Service arrests armed Venezuelan migrant near White House over alleged Trump assassination threatJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Nov 6, 6:02 PM ET: Secret Service arrests armed illegal migrant near White House who threatened the president's lifeThe SunThe SunThe Sun, Nov 6, 7:02 PM ET: 'ASSASSIN' ARREST Venezuelan man arrested near White House after Trump 'assassination bid'TownhallTownhallTownhall, Nov 6, 7:02 PM ET: Illegal Alien With Rifle, Two Other Guns Arrested Near White House in Stolen Car, DHS SaysNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 6, 7:02 PM ET: Illegal immigrant heard voices to assassinate Trump — arrested with firearm-filled stolen vehicleCNNCNNCNN, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Breaking News Secret Service arrests armed man near White House allegedly threatening to kill TrumpCNN, Nov 6, 9:01 PM ET: Secret Service arrests armed man near White House allegedly threatening to kill TrumpThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Armed Venezuelan Illegal Alien Arrested Near White House Over Trump Assassination ThreatRaw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Armed man arrested near White House leaves Secret Service ‘alarmed’ by threats: reportThe BlazeThe BlazeThe Blaze, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Armed illegal alien arrested near White House allegedly said voices in his head told him to kill TrumpThe Daily WireThe Daily WireThe Daily Wire, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Armed Illegal Immigrant Near White House Said Voices Told Him To Kill TrumpWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Armed migrant arrested next to White House after alleged threat to assassinate TrumpWashington Examiner, Nov 6, 9:01 PM ET: Armed migrant arrested next to White House after Trump threatWashington Examiner, Nov 7, 9:01 AM ET: Migrant arrested near White House for alleged threat to assassinate TrumpNBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Venezuelan man who said voices told him to kill Trump is arrested near White House, DHS saysNBC News, Nov 7, 5:02 AM ET: Venezuelan man who said voices told him to kill Trump is arrested near White HouseCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Armed man arrested near White House planned to kill Trump, DHS saysBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Venezuelan Illegal Alien Busted near White House with Multiple FirearmsBreitbart, Nov 6, 11:01 PM ET: Biden-Released Armed Venezuelan Illegal Alien Busted near White House with Multiple FirearmsRed StateRed StateRed State, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Secret Service Arrests Armed Venezuelan Illegal Alien Near WH Who Allegedly Wanted to Kill POTUSThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Man in custody after being found in vehicle near White House with gunsNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Man Arrested Near White House Over Trump ThreatThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Nov 6, 8:01 PM ET: Secret Service Arrests Man Who Said He Heard Voices Telling Him to Kill TrumpIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Nov 6, 9:01 PM ET: Armed Venezuelan arrested near White House said voices told him to kill TrumpThe Western JournalThe Western JournalThe Western Journal, Nov 6, 9:01 PM ET: Armed Illegal, Freed in Biden Era, Detained at White HouseABC NewsABC NewsABC News, Nov 6, 9:01 PM ET: Secret Service finds man parked near White House with multiple firearms: AuthoritiesThe Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post, Nov 6, 10:01 PM ET: Man arrested near White House for threats, carrying multiple weaponsThe National DeskThe National DeskThe National Desk, Nov 7, 12:01 AM ET: Man with 3 guns arrested near White House after alleged threat to kill TrumpYahoo NewsYahoo NewsYahoo News, Nov 7, 6:02 AM ET: Armed man found near White House talked about killing Trump, according to DHSThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Nov 7, 9:01 AM ET: Venezuelan Man With 3 Guns Arrested Near White House After Alleged Threat to Kill TrumpThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Nov 7, 10:02 AM ET: Man arrested near White House as he says voices told him to kill Trump📺 TVFox News, 9:22 PM ET: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED WITH GUNS NEAR WHFox News, 9:23 PM ET: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED WITH GUNS NEAR WHFox News, 11:01 PM ET: FOX DIGITAL EMBEDS W/ICE DURING NYC CRACKDOWNFox News, 2:22 AM ET: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED WITH GUNS NEAR WHFox News, 2:23 AM ET: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED WITH GUNS NEAR WHFox News, 6:42 AM ET: DHS: ILLEGAL MIGRANT FOUND WITH RIFLE, TWO HANDGUNSFox News, 6:42 AM ET: SECRET SERVICE: ARMED MIGRANT ARRESTED NEAR THE WH📻 radioABC News Update, Nov 7, 4:32 AM ET: story 4 of 4NPR News Now, Nov 7, 4:09 AM ET: story 6 of 8ABC News Update, Nov 7, 2:32 AM ET: story 4 of 4NPR News Now, Nov 7, 2:10 AM ET: story 5 of 5ABC News Update, Nov 7, 12:32 AM ET: story 4 of 4🧶 online🧶found retold online (the day's report)
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.

💬 Quoted

  1. “alarmed”1
  2. “ASSASSIN”1
  3. “assassination bid”1
  4. “finger gun”1

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

🗣️ Only one side says

  • 🫏 left
  • nothing of its own
  • 🐘 right
  • illegal alien
  • armed illegal

phrases three or more outlets on one side used and none on the other

📌 Linked by aggregators

1 Google News

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

✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Breitbart (2 wordings): “Venezuelan Illegal Alien Busted near White House with Multiple Firearms” → “Biden-Released Armed Venezuelan Illegal Alien Busted near White House with Multiple Firearms”
  • CNN (2 wordings): “Breaking News Secret Service arrests armed man near White House allegedly threatening to kill Trump” → “Secret Service arrests armed man near White House allegedly threatening to kill Trump”
  • NBC News (2 wordings): “Venezuelan man who said voices told him to kill Trump is arrested near White House, DHS says” → “Venezuelan man who said voices told him to kill Trump is arrested near White House”
  • Washington Examiner (3 wordings): “Armed migrant arrested next to White House after alleged threat to assassinate Trump” → “Migrant arrested near White House for alleged threat to assassinate Trump”
📰 Every outlet's headline 26left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

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

  1. 🐘 Fox News 2 min

📻 On the radio

hourly newscasts that carried it, by show; beside the count, how often it was the lead story, or the highest it came in the running order

  1. 🫏 ABC News Update 3× · best #4
  2. 🫏 NPR News Now 2× · best #5

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

  • An armed Venezuelan man was arrested near the White House for allegedly planning to kill Donald Trump after hearing voices. Nov 7: told by 10 people

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ Names in it

Secret ServiceVenezuelaDHSWhite HouseDonald Trump

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

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