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🗞️ Story file #1681

Trump calls into C-SPAN call-in show

Nov 10, 11 AM ET to Nov 12, 6 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

📰 read it at: HuffPost Raw Story The Daily Beast CNBC Mediaite The Independent The Hill New York Post Red State The Daily Wire Crooks and Liars

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  1. Nov 10, 11 AM ETfirst on a front page: New York Post
  2. Nov 10, 1 PM ETpeak: on 11 front pages
  3. Nov 11, 4 AM ETretold online by 7 people

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

611TueWedThupeak: 11 front pages, Tue 1 PMMon Nov 9, 11 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 12 AM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 1 AM ET: on 2 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left)Tue Nov 10, 2 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left)Tue Nov 10, 3 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left)Tue Nov 10, 4 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left)Tue Nov 10, 5 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left)Tue Nov 10, 6 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left)Tue Nov 10, 7 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left)Tue Nov 10, 8 AM ET: on 5 front pages (2 leans left, 3 left)Tue Nov 10, 9 AM ET: on 5 front pages (2 leans left, 3 left)Tue Nov 10, 10 AM ET: on 6 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left)Tue Nov 10, 11 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 2 right, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 12 PM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 1 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 2 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 3 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 4 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 5 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 6 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 7 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 8 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 9 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 10 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 11 PM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 12 AM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 1 AM ET: on 11 front pages (3 leans left, 3 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 2 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 3 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 4 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 5 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 6 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 7 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 8 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 9 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 10 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 11 AM ET: on 9 front pages (2 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 12 PM ET: on 9 front pages (2 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 1 PM ET: on 8 front pages (1 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 2 PM ET: on 8 front pages (1 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 3 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 4 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 5 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 6 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 7 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 8 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 9 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 10 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 11 PM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Thu Nov 12, 12 AM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Thu Nov 12, 1 AM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Thu Nov 12, 2 AM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Thu Nov 12, 3 AM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Thu Nov 12, 4 AM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Thu Nov 12, 5 AM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)Thu Nov 12, 6 AM ET: on 6 front pages (1 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 1 center)
Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leftleans leftcenterrightnot rated. First: Mediaite, Mon 11:02 PM ET.
Nov 1012 PMNov 1112 PMNov 12MediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Nov 9, 11:02 PM ET: Trump Calls into C-SPAN, Reveals He Keeps Tabs on Callers: ‘Gives Me a Little Bit of an Indication of Where We Are’HuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Nov 10, 1:02 AM ET: ‘S**t Must Be Bleak’: Critics Mock ‘Desperate’ Trump After He Calls In To C-SPANCNBCCNBCCNBC, Nov 10, 2:02 AM ET: Trump’s C-SPAN call marks latest surprise post-midterm appearanceCNBC, Nov 10, 2:02 AM ET: Trump extends post-midterm media blitz with C-SPAN callRaw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Nov 10, 8:02 AM ET: Mystery giggle during Trump’s surprise C-SPAN call sparks frenzy: ‘What the hell’The Daily BeastThe Daily BeastThe Daily Beast, Nov 10, 8:02 AM ET: Trump Rambles in Surprise Call to New C-SPAN ShowThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Nov 10, 10:02 AM ET: Woman’s giggle, Iran and favorite TV show: Trump has wild call-in to C-SPANCrooks and LiarsCrooks and LiarsCrooks and Liars, Nov 10, 11:02 AM ET: People Have Questions About Trump's Mystery Giggling Girl During C-SPAN Call-InNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 10, 11:02 AM ET: Trump dials into C-SPAN for surprise interview: ‘I like to watch the call-ins’Red StateRed StateRed State, Nov 10, 11:02 AM ET: Longtime Listener, First-Time Caller: Trump Crashes C-SPAN Premiere, and Critics Lose ItThe Daily WireThe Daily WireThe Daily Wire, Nov 10, 12:02 PM ET: Trump Crashes C-SPAN Call-In Show, Reveals Why He Tunes InThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Nov 10, 1:02 PM ET: Trump calls into premiere of C-SPAN’s new nighttime show🧶 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. “I like to watch the call-ins”1
  2. “What the hell”1
  3. “Gives Me a Little Bit of an Indication of Where We Are”1
  4. “Desperate”1
  5. “S**t Must Be Bleak”1

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

✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • CNBC (2 wordings): “Trump’s C-SPAN call marks latest surprise post-midterm appearance” → “Trump extends post-midterm media blitz with C-SPAN call”
📰 Every outlet's headline 11left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

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🎙️ On the shows

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  1. 🫏 The Majority Report 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

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🧩 How it's being told

The stories under this news, from our motif index, and who told each: the shows we follow by their lean, people online, fact-checkers. A story people tell, not a claim that it's true; claims are matched to this story by our tools, so a link can be wrong.

🧶 Retold online

  • Donald Trump is an imbecile, incompetent, and insane. Nov 11: told by 7 people; told before on Nov 3, Oct 27, Oct 25, Oct 21, Oct 12, Oct 9, Oct 7, Oct 6

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

🗣️ Names in it

Donald TrumpC-SPANMystery giggleCallers

🔎 Checking

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🧐 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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