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Treasury secretary moves to military base amid Iranian threats

Nov 10, 11 PM ET to Nov 11, 8 AM ET

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18front pages at once, at its peak
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Nov 10, 11 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Nov 10, 11 PM ETfirst on a front page: Mediaite
Nov 11, 8 AM ETpeak: on 18 front pages

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gaining fast: stories gathering like this went wide 8 times in 10 (56 stories)

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Nov 10, 11 PM to Nov 11, 8 AM ET (peak 18), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

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.

📡 Wire copy

1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word

New York Post

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scott bessent

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✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

CBS News (3 wordings): “Bessent relocates from home to base after Iran threats, reports say” → “BESSENT MOVED TO MILITARY BASE”
Reuters (2 wordings): “US Treasury chief Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats, NYT reports” → “US Treasury chief Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats, sources say”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “Scott Bessent reportedly moved from D.C. home to military base after threats against his life” → “Iranian threats reportedly force U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent to move to military base”

📰 Every outlet's headline 18left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 11, 8 AM ET Scott Bessent Moves To Military Base Over Iranian Threats: Reports
The Guardian🕒 Nov 11, 4 AM ET US Treasury chief Scott Bessent is reportedly latest Trump official to move to military base
CBS News🕒 Nov 11, 5 AM ET Bessent relocates from home to base after Iran threats, reports say
CNBC🕒 Nov 11, 12 AM ET Bessent reportedly moved to military base over Iranian threats on his life
Mediaite🕒 Nov 10, 11 PM ET Trump Treasury Secretary Reportedly Moves to Military Base Amid Iranian Threats
New York Times🕒 Nov 10, 8 PM ET Bessent Is Moved From D.C.-Area Home to Military Base Amid Iranian Threats
USA Today🕒 Nov 11, 12 AM ET Iranian threats prompt top Trump official's move to military base
Yahoo News🕒 Nov 11, 2 AM ET Scott Bessent reportedly moved from D.C. home to military base after threats against his life
News Nation🕒 Nov 11, 6 AM ET Scott Bessent moves onto military base after Iranian threats, NYT reports
Newsweek🕒 Nov 11, 1 AM ET Third Trump Cabinet Member Moves to Military Base Amid Iran Threats: Report
Reuters🕒 Nov 10, 10 PM ET US Treasury chief Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats, NYT reports
Just the News🕒 Nov 10, 10 PM ET Bessent moved from his DC home to a US military base amid Iranian threats: Report
Fox News🕒 Nov 11, 8 AM ET Secretary Scott Bessent moved to military base over Iran threats and more top headlines
New York Post🕒 Nov 11, 1 AM ET US Treasury chief Scott Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats: report
Newsmax🕒 Nov 11, 8 AM ET Treasury Chief Bessent Moved to Base After Iran Threats: Report
The Daily Wire🕒 Nov 10, 11 PM ET Scott Bessent Moves To Military Base After Iranian Threats Against His Life
The Gateway Pundit🕒 Nov 11, 12 AM ET REPORT: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Moved to Military Base Due to Credible Threats From Iran
Townhall🕒 Nov 10, 10 PM ET Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Moved to Military Base Over Iranian Threats to Life

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what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ Names in it

Scott BessentIranU.S. military baseTreasury Department

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

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