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ExxonMobil signs preliminary agreement to explore oil opportunities in Venezuela

Nov 10, 12 PM ET to Nov 11, 10 PM ET

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  1. Nov 10, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: Bloomberg
  2. Nov 10, 2 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  3. Nov 10, 6 PM ETpeak: on 11 front pages
  4. Nov 12, 4 AM ETretold online by 9 people

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

611MonTueWedpeak: 11 front pages, Tue 6 PMMon Nov 9, 8 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 center)Mon Nov 9, 9 PM ET: on 2 front pages (1 center, 1 leans left)Mon Nov 9, 10 PM ET: on 2 front pages (1 center, 1 leans left)Mon Nov 9, 11 PM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 12 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 1 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 2 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 3 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 4 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 5 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 6 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 7 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 center, 1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 8 AM ET: on 4 front pages (2 center, 2 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 9 AM ET: on 4 front pages (2 center, 2 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 10 AM ET: on 4 front pages (2 center, 2 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 11 AM ET: on 4 front pages (2 center, 2 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 12 PM ET: on 6 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 1 right)Tue Nov 10, 1 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 2 right)Tue Nov 10, 2 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 3 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 3 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 3 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 4 PM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 5 PM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 6 PM ET: on 11 front pages (4 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 7 PM ET: on 11 front pages (4 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 8 PM ET: on 11 front pages (4 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 9 PM ET: on 11 front pages (4 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 10 PM ET: on 11 front pages (4 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 11 PM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 12 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 1 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 2 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 3 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 4 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 5 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 6 AM ET: on 11 front pages (3 center, 3 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 7 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 8 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 9 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 10 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 11 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 12 PM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 1 PM ET: on 10 front pages (3 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 2 PM ET: on 9 front pages (2 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 3 PM ET: on 9 front pages (2 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 4 PM ET: on 9 front pages (2 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 5 PM ET: on 8 front pages (1 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 6 PM ET: on 8 front pages (1 center, 2 leans left, 4 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 7 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 center, 2 leans left, 3 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 8 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 center, 2 leans left, 3 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 9 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 center, 2 leans left, 3 right, 1 leans right)Wed Nov 11, 10 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 center, 2 leans left, 3 right, 1 leans right)
Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leans leftcenterleans rightright. First: Financial Times, Mon 8:02 PM ET.
Nov 1012 PMNov 1112 PMNov 12Financial TimesFinancial TimesFinancial Times, Nov 9, 8:02 PM ET: ExxonMobil explores return to Venezuela after calling nation ‘uninvestable’New York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Nov 9, 9:02 PM ET: Exxon Strikes Preliminary Deal to Return to VenezuelaReutersReutersReuters, Nov 9, 11:02 PM ET: Exxon signs preliminary agreement with Venezuela to assess oil opportunitiesSemaforSemaforSemafor, Nov 10, 8:02 AM ET: ExxonMobil eyes Venezuela return after two decadesRed StateRed StateRed State, Nov 10, 12:02 PM ET: ExxonMobil Signs Preliminary Venezuela Oil Deal, Eyes Return After 20 YearsBloombergBloombergBloomberg, Nov 10, 12:02 PM ET: ExxonMobil Takes Step Toward Possible Return to VenezuelaNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 10, 1:02 PM ET: ExxonMobil inks preliminary deal to return to Venezuela after calling the country ‘uninvestable’NewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Nov 10, 2:03 PM ET: ExxonMobil Moves Closer to Venezuela ReturnNewsmax, Nov 10, 6:02 PM ET: ExxonMobil Moves Closer to Venezuela Oil ReturnThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Nov 10, 2:03 PM ET: ExxonMobil Signs Preliminary Agreement to Explore Oil Opportunities in VenezuelaBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Nov 10, 4:02 PM ET: ExxonMobil Signs Preliminary Agreement Toward Return to VenezuelaThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Nov 10, 6:02 PM ET: Exxon moves toward return to VenezuelaNPRNPRNPR, Nov 11, 6:00 AM ET: Oil giant ExxonMobil left Venezuela years ago. Now it's considering a return📻 radioNPR News Now, Nov 10, 9:09 PM ET: story 3 of 8NPR News Now, Nov 10, 2:09 PM ET: story 3 of 6🧶 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. “uninvestable”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)
  • Newsmax (2 wordings): “ExxonMobil Moves Closer to Venezuela Return” → “ExxonMobil Moves Closer to Venezuela Oil Return”
📰 Every outlet's headline 12left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

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📺 On TV

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📺🤷 No TV captions matched to it.

📻 On the radio

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  1. 🫏 NPR News Now 2× · best #3

🧶 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.

  • 🧩 The dinosaurs had no lobby 🧶 online
    “Fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs, but they won't go away on their own because they have a lobby.”

🧶 Retold online

  • Fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs, but they won't go away on their own because they have a lobby. Nov 12: told by 9 people (same issue)
    🧩 The dinosaurs had no lobby

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🗣️ Names in it

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