🗞️ Story file #1582
Trump orders DOJ to investigate Democrats over alleged threats
Nov 7, 2 PM ET to Nov 8, 10 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 18outlets carried it
- 🫏4 · 3 · 10🐘left · center · right
- 20 hourson the front pages
- 18front pages at once, at its peak
- 6 minof TV captions
- 2radio newscasts
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- Nov 7, 2 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
- Nov 7, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: Mediaite
- Nov 7, 2 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Nov 7, 6 PM ETpeak: on 18 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
💬 Quoted
- “Extortion”2
- “Extortionist”2
- “EXTORTIONISTS”2
- “threatening letters”2
- “Criminal”1
- “extortion”2
- “extortionist”2
- “extortionists,”1
phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did
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2 Drudge Report · Political Wire
aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)
✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- CNBC (2 wordings): “Trump orders DOJ to investigate Democrats for 'threatening letters' to GOP” → “Trump targets Slotkin in call for DOJ probe of alleged Democratic threats to Republicans”
- Fox News (2 wordings): “Trump orders DOJ probe into Democrats over alleged threats against admin officials” → “Trump orders DOJ probe into Democrats over alleged threats against administration officials”
- New York Post (2 wordings): “Trump calls for a DOJ probe and prison for Democrats he accuses of threatening GOP officials and donors after midterms. Read more.” → “'This is weaponization' Trump demands DOJ probe, prison for ‘extortionist’ Dems following midterm blowout”
- Newsmax (2 wordings): “Trump Orders DOJ Probe of Dems Over 'Extortion' Claims” → “Trump Orders DOJ Probe of Democrats Over 'Extortion' Claims”
- The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “JUST IN: President Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate “Extortionist” Democrats For Threatening His Allies” → “President Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate “Extortionist” Democrats For Threatening His Allies”
- Washington Examiner (3 wordings): “Trump orders DOJ to investigate Democrats over ‘extortion’ and calls out Slotkin by name” → “Trump orders DOJ to investigate Democrats over ‘extortion’”
📰 Every outlet's headline 18left to right by AllSides rating
- Raw Story🕒 Nov 7, 1 PM ET
Prominent Dems threatened with 'imprisonment' as Trump orders DOJ probe in new tirade
- CNBC🕒 Nov 7, 4 PM ET
Trump orders DOJ to investigate Democrats for 'threatening letters' to GOP
- Mediaite🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET
Trump Orders DOJ To Look Into Democrats’ ‘Criminal’ Acts Of ‘Threatening’ Republicans
- The Washington Post🕒 Nov 7, 4 PM ET
Trump calls for Justice Department to investigate Democrats
- Bloomberg🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET
Trump Threatens Democrats Over Their Plans to Probe His Team
- Newsweek🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET
Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate Democrats Over ‘Lawfare’ Threats
- The Hill🕒 Nov 7, 4 PM ET
Trump asks DOJ to investigate Democrats calling for impeachment of cabinet officials
- Just the News🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET
Trump calls Democrats ‘extortionists,’ says DOJ should investigate their impeachment threats
- The Washington Times🕒 Nov 7, 4 PM ET
'EXTORTIONISTS': Trump ordering probe of Democrats threatening Republicans
- Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 7, 4 PM ET
Trump orders DOJ to investigate Democrats over ‘extortion’ and calls out Slotkin by name
- Fox News🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET
Trump orders DOJ probe into Democrats over alleged threats against admin officials
- IJR🕒 Nov 7, 4 PM ET
Trump Says He Ordered DOJ Probe of Democrats Over Impeachment Threats
- New York Post🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET
Trump calls for a DOJ probe and prison for Democrats he accuses of threatening GOP officials and donors after midterms. Read more.
- Newsmax🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET
Trump Orders DOJ Probe of Dems Over 'Extortion' Claims
- Red State🕒 Nov 7, 6 PM ET
Trump: Report Dem Threats to Republican Party Members, Donors to DOJ - or Him Directly
- The Gateway Pundit🕒 Nov 7, 2 PM ET
JUST IN: President Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate “Extortionist” Democrats For Threatening His Allies
- The National Desk🕒 Nov 7, 4 PM ET
Trump calls for DOJ probe into Democrats over alleged threats against officials, donors
- The Washington Sun🕒 Nov 7, 3 PM ET
Trump Orders the DOJ to Investigate Democrats’ Oversight Plans
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