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🗞️ Story file #1583

Trump offers press secretary role to UFC's Dana White

Nov 7, 2 PM ET to Nov 8, 10 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

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  1. Nov 7, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: Raw Story
  2. Nov 7, 4 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
  3. Nov 7, 7 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
  4. Nov 8, 1 AM ETpeak: on 47 front pages
  5. Nov 8, 7 AM ETretold online by 267 people

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Nov 7, 3 PM6 PM9 PMNov 83 AM6 AM9 AM2447leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Nov 7, 2 PM to Nov 8, 10 AM ET (peak 47), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Nov 7, 6 PMNov 86 AMNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 7, 2:02 PM ET: breaking Trump offers UFC boss Dana White role of White House press secretary: ‘Please take the job!’New York Post, Nov 7, 5:02 PM ET: Trump offers UFC boss Dana White role of White House press secretary: ‘Please take the job!’New York Post, Nov 7, 9:02 PM ET: Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White said he was going to meet with President Trump imminently over his offer to become White House Press Secretary.New York Post, Nov 7, 9:02 PM ET: Dana White makes bold move after Trump offers him press sec gigWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Nov 7, 2:02 PM ET: Trump offers White House press secretary position to Dana WhiteWashington Examiner, Nov 7, 11:02 PM ET: Dana White responds to question about Trump’s White House press secretary requestWashington Examiner, Nov 7, 11:02 PM ET: Dana White responds to question about Trump’s press secretary requestWashington Examiner, Nov 8, 10:03 AM ET: Dana White responds to Trump’s White House press secretary requestThe Post MillennialThe Post MillennialThe Post Millennial, Nov 7, 2:02 PM ET: BREAKING: Trump offers Dana White job as WH press secretaryThe Post Millennial, Nov 7, 8:02 PM ET: BREAKING: Trump to meet with Dana White next week to discuss WH press sec roleCNBCCNBCCNBC, Nov 7, 2:02 PM ET: Trump offers UFC chief Dana White press secretary jobMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Nov 7, 2:02 PM ET: JUST IN: Trump Says He’s Offered White House Press Secretary Job to UFC Head Dana WhiteMediaite, Nov 7, 5:02 PM ET: Dana White Reportedly Meeting with Trump About Press Secretary Gig as Political World Scratches Its HeadMediaite, Nov 7, 7:02 PM ET: UFC Boss Dana White Reportedly Turns Down Trump’s Press Gig, Hours After It Was OfferedRaw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Nov 7, 2:02 PM ET: Trump makes shocking offer for press secretary job in bizarre post: 'Please take the job!'The Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Nov 7, 2:02 PM ET: Trump Announces His Next Press Secretary Pick: Dana WhiteJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump says he offered White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana WhiteJust the News, Nov 7, 5:02 PM ET: UFC CEO Dana White to meet with Trump about White House press secretary job offer: reportJust the News, Nov 7, 9:02 PM ET: UFC CEO Dana White confirms he’s meeting Trump Monday about White House press secretary job offerNews NationNews NationNews Nation, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump offers White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana WhiteNews Nation, Nov 8, 9:02 AM ET: UFC CEO Dana White confirm talks with Trump after press secretary job offerScripps NewsScripps NewsScripps News, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump claims he offered job of White House press secretary to UFC CEO Dana WhiteThe Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC’s Dana WhiteThe Washington Post, Nov 8, 12:02 AM ET: Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC’s Dana White - The Washington PostThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: President Trump Offers UFC’s Dana White Job of White House Press SecretaryThe Gateway Pundit, Nov 8, 5:02 AM ET: President Trump Offers UFC’s Dana White Job of White House Press Secretary – Dana White RespondsNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump Offers White House Press Secretary Job to UFC's Dana WhiteNewsmax, Nov 8, 6:02 AM ET: Report: Dana White Declines Trump's Press Secretary OfferRed StateRed StateRed State, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: BREAKING President Trump Announces He Has Offered the WH Press Sec Job to UFC's Dana WhiteRed State, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: President Trump Announces He Has Offered the WH Press Sec Job to UFC's Dana WhiteThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump offers press secretary role to UFC CEO Dana WhiteBusiness InsiderBusiness InsiderBusiness Insider, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump says he offered 'violent fighter' Dana White the role of press secretary: 'Dana, please take the job!'The Western JournalThe Western JournalThe Western Journal, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Breaking: Trump Offers WH Press Secretary Job to UFC's Dana White - 'A Violent Fighter and Warrior'BBCBBCBBC, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: 'Dana, please take the job!' - Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secretaryNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump Offers UFC CEO Dana White Press Secretary Job: ‘A Violent Fighter’Rolling StoneRolling StoneRolling Stone, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump Offers Press Secretary Role to UFC CEO Dana White, Asks That He Bring Assistants to ‘Defend Us Against the Lunatic Left’ 5 hours agoHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump Offers UFC President Dana White Press Secretary PositionHuffPost, Nov 8, 9:02 AM ET: UFC’s Dana White Says He Will Meet With Trump Monday Over Offer To Be White House Press SecretaryFinancial TimesFinancial TimesFinancial Times, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump says he asked UFC boss Dana White to be new press secretaryFinancial Times, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: Trump asks UFC boss Dana White to be new press secretaryReutersReutersReuters, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump offers UFC chief Dana White top communications jobReuters, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: Trump says he wants UFC chief Dana White for White House press secretaryAxiosAxiosAxios, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump's new press secretary suggestion: UFC's Dana White?BloombergBloombergBloomberg, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump Asks UFC’s Dana White to Be His Next Press SecretaryMother JonesMother JonesMother Jones, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump Just Offered the Press Secretary Gig to UFC’s Dana WhiteThe Daily KosThe Daily KosThe Daily Kos, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Crazy Trump offers UFC CEO the press secretary jobAlternetAlternetAlternet, Nov 7, 3:01 PM ET: Trump makes baffling press secretary offer to 'violent' top allyAlternet, Nov 7, 6:02 PM ET: Trump accused of embarrassing mix-up with insane new job offerThe National DeskThe National DeskThe National Desk, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: 'Please take the job!' | Trump offers UFC's Dana White role as White House press secretaryThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: Trump asks UFC's Dana White to be White House press secretaryPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHour, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: Trump says he's asked UFC's Dana White to be his press secretaryIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: Trump says he offered Dana White press secretary job with fighter aidesUSA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: 'Please take the job': Trump says he wants Dana White as press secretaryUSA Today, Nov 7, 8:02 PM ET: UFC's Dana White says he'll meet with Trump about press secretary jobNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: Trump Asks Dana White of U.F.C. to Be His Press SecretaryNew York MagazineNew York MagazineNew York Magazine, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: Trump Publicly Begs Dana White to Be His New Press SecretaryTownhallTownhallTownhall, Nov 7, 4:01 PM ET: Trump Says He ‘Offered’ Fighting Celebrity the Press Secretary GigCNNCNNCNN, Nov 7, 5:02 PM ET: UFC CEO Dana White declines Trump’s offer to become press secretary, source says President Donald Trump said Saturday he asked Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White to be his next press secretary.Fox NewsFox NewsFox News, Nov 7, 5:02 PM ET: JACKSON THOMPSON: Trump says he offered UFC CEO Dana White press secretary jobFox News, Nov 7, 6:02 PM ET: JACKSON THOMPSON: Trump reveals he offered Dana White White House press secretary jobFox News, Nov 7, 11:02 PM ET: JACKSON THOMPSON: Dana White says he'll meet with Trump amid claim of White House press secretary job offerFox News, Nov 7, 11:02 PM ET: JACKSON THOMPSON: Dana White to meet with Trump amid claim of press secretary job offerOANOne America News NetworkOne America News Network, Nov 7, 5:02 PM ET: Trump offers UFC CEO Dana White WH Press Secy. position: ‘Please take the job!’NBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Nov 7, 5:02 PM ET: Trump offers press secretary position to UFC head Dana WhiteNBC News, Nov 8, 12:02 AM ET: UFC head Dana White says he’ll meet with Trump Monday on press secretary offerNBC News, Nov 8, 5:02 AM ET: UFC’s Dana White says he will meet Trump on Monday to discuss press secretary offerNBC News, Nov 8, 10:03 AM ET: Live updates: Trump offers press secretary role to UFC CEO Dana Whiteand 7 more📺 TVCNN, 4:22 PM ET: TRUMP: I'VE OFFERED PRESS SECRETARY JOB TO DANA WHITECNN, 4:23 PM ET: TRUMP: I'VE OFFERED PRESS SECRETARY JOB TO DANA WHITECNN, 5:04 PM ET: SOURCE: UFC'S DANA WHITE DECLINES TRUMP'S OFFER TO BECOME WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARYCNN, 5:05 PM ET: SOURCE: UFC'S DANA WHITE DECLINES TRUMP'S OFFER TO BECOME WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARYBBC News, 5:21 PM ET: Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secBBC News, 5:22 PM ET: Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secBBC News, 5:23 PM ET: Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secBBC News, 5:25 PM ET: Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secBBC News, 6:23 PM ET: Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secBBC News, 6:24 PM ET: Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secBBC News, 6:24 PM ET: Dana White declines White House press sec jobBBC News, 6:25 PM ET: Dana White declines White House press sec job📻 radioNPR News Now, Nov 8, 6:09 AM ET: story 4 of 6ABC News Update, Nov 7, 7:32 PM ET: story 3 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. “Please take the job!”5
  2. “A Violent Fighter and Warrior”3
  3. “Defend Us Against the Lunatic Left”1
  4. “Offered”1
  5. “Dana, please take the job!”4

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

3 Drudge Report · Google News · Political Wire

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

✏️ 18 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Alternet (2 wordings): “Trump makes baffling press secretary offer to 'violent' top ally” → “Trump accused of embarrassing mix-up with insane new job offer”
  • Financial Times (2 wordings): “Trump says he asked UFC boss Dana White to be new press secretary” → “Trump asks UFC boss Dana White to be new press secretary”
  • Fox News (4 wordings): “JACKSON THOMPSON: Trump says he offered UFC CEO Dana White press secretary job” → “JACKSON THOMPSON: Dana White to meet with Trump amid claim of press secretary job offer”
  • HuffPost (2 wordings): “Trump Offers UFC President Dana White Press Secretary Position” → “UFC’s Dana White Says He Will Meet With Trump Monday Over Offer To Be White House Press Secretary”
  • Just the News (3 wordings): “Trump says he offered White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White” → “UFC CEO Dana White confirms he’s meeting Trump Monday about White House press secretary job offer”
  • Mediaite (3 wordings): “JUST IN: Trump Says He’s Offered White House Press Secretary Job to UFC Head Dana White” → “UFC Boss Dana White Reportedly Turns Down Trump’s Press Gig, Hours After It Was Offered”
  • NBC News (4 wordings): “Trump offers press secretary position to UFC head Dana White” → “Live updates: Trump offers press secretary role to UFC CEO Dana White”
  • New York Post (4 wordings): “breaking Trump offers UFC boss Dana White role of White House press secretary: ‘Please take the job!’” → “Dana White makes bold move after Trump offers him press sec gig”
  • News Nation (2 wordings): “Trump offers White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White” → “UFC CEO Dana White confirm talks with Trump after press secretary job offer”
  • Newsmax (2 wordings): “Trump Offers White House Press Secretary Job to UFC's Dana White” → “Report: Dana White Declines Trump's Press Secretary Offer”
  • Red State (2 wordings): “BREAKING President Trump Announces He Has Offered the WH Press Sec Job to UFC's Dana White” → “President Trump Announces He Has Offered the WH Press Sec Job to UFC's Dana White”
  • Reuters (2 wordings): “Trump offers UFC chief Dana White top communications job” → “Trump says he wants UFC chief Dana White for White House press secretary”
  • The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “President Trump Offers UFC’s Dana White Job of White House Press Secretary” → “President Trump Offers UFC’s Dana White Job of White House Press Secretary – Dana White Responds”
  • The Post Millennial (2 wordings): “BREAKING: Trump offers Dana White job as WH press secretary” → “BREAKING: Trump to meet with Dana White next week to discuss WH press sec role”
  • The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC’s Dana White” → “Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC’s Dana White - The Washington Post”
  • USA Today (2 wordings): “'Please take the job': Trump says he wants Dana White as press secretary” → “UFC's Dana White says he'll meet with Trump about press secretary job”
  • Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “Trump offers White House press secretary position to Dana White” → “Dana White responds to Trump’s White House press secretary request”
  • Yahoo News (3 wordings): “Dana White will reportedly not be accepting Trump's offer to be press secretary” → “UFC CEO Dana White declines Trump’s offer to become press secretary, source says”
📰 Every outlet's headline 47left 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. ⚖️ BBC News 6 min
  2. 🫏 CNN 4 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. 🫏 NPR News Now 1× · best #4
  2. 🫏 ABC News Update 1× · best #3

🎙️ On the shows

podcasts, newsletters and streams that talked about it, by show; the bar is episodes; the disc is the show's lean by reputation

  1. ⚖️ Bloomberg News Now 2
  2. 🐘 Benny Johnson 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

🕵️ investigative reporting on it and 🃏 satire joking about it (jokes, never counted as coverage); the bar is pieces

🕵️🤷 No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

  • Donald Trump offered the wrong Dana White the role of press secretary because he is too incompetent to Google the difference. Nov 8: told by 247 people
    🎙️ voters said it too, in S6 Ep65: Amy Walter Sees the Makings of a Historic Electoral Earthquake
  • The new press secretary is going to physically assault reporters who ask difficult questions. Nov 8: told by 8 people
  • Being a violent fighter is an unusual or inappropriate qualification for a press secretary. Nov 8: told by 6 people
  • He probably meant to say Vanna White. Nov 8: told by 6 people

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

🗣️ Names in it

Donald TrumpDana WhiteUFCWhite HousePress Secretary

🔎 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.

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