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🗞️ Story file #1734

Father charged with attempted murder after baby found buried alive in dog crate

Nov 11, 7 AM ET to Nov 12, 7 AM ET

📰 read it at: HuffPost The Guardian ABC News CBS News CNN NBC News The Independent BBC Chicago Tribune News Nation Newsweek Reuters The Sun The Washington Times IJR New York Post The Blaze The Daily Wire The National Desk The Western Journal

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

  1. Nov 11, 7 AM ETfirst on a front page: CNN
  2. Nov 11, 6 PM ETpeak: on 20 front pages
  3. Nov 12, 1 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  4. Nov 12, 4 AM ETretold online by 10 people

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

1020TueWedThupeak: 20 front pages, Wed 6 PMTue Nov 10, 7 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 8 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 9 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 10 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left)Tue Nov 10, 11 PM ET: on 1 front pages (1 leans left)Wed Nov 11, 12 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 right)Wed Nov 11, 1 AM ET: on 3 front pages (2 leans left, 1 right)Wed Nov 11, 2 AM ET: on 4 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left, 1 right)Wed Nov 11, 3 AM ET: on 4 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left, 1 right)Wed Nov 11, 4 AM ET: on 5 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left, 1 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 5 AM ET: on 5 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left, 1 right, 1 center)Wed Nov 11, 6 AM ET: on 6 front pages (2 leans left, 1 left, 1 right, 2 center)Wed Nov 11, 7 AM ET: on 7 front pages (3 leans left, 1 left, 1 right, 2 center)Wed Nov 11, 8 AM ET: on 10 front pages (3 leans left, 1 left, 2 right, 1 leans right, 3 center)Wed Nov 11, 9 AM ET: on 11 front pages (4 leans left, 1 left, 2 right, 1 leans right, 3 center)Wed Nov 11, 10 AM ET: on 12 front pages (4 leans left, 1 left, 2 right, 2 leans right, 3 center)Wed Nov 11, 11 AM ET: on 13 front pages (5 leans left, 1 left, 2 right, 2 leans right, 3 center)Wed Nov 11, 12 PM ET: on 13 front pages (5 leans left, 1 left, 2 right, 2 leans right, 3 center)Wed Nov 11, 1 PM ET: on 14 front pages (5 leans left, 1 left, 3 right, 2 leans right, 3 center)Wed Nov 11, 2 PM ET: on 16 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 2 leans right, 4 center)Wed Nov 11, 3 PM ET: on 16 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 3 right, 2 leans right, 4 center)Wed Nov 11, 4 PM ET: on 17 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 4 right, 2 leans right, 4 center)Wed Nov 11, 5 PM ET: on 18 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 5 right, 2 leans right, 4 center)Wed Nov 11, 6 PM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Wed Nov 11, 7 PM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Wed Nov 11, 8 PM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Wed Nov 11, 9 PM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Wed Nov 11, 10 PM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Wed Nov 11, 11 PM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Thu Nov 12, 12 AM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Thu Nov 12, 1 AM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Thu Nov 12, 2 AM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Thu Nov 12, 3 AM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Thu Nov 12, 4 AM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Thu Nov 12, 5 AM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Thu Nov 12, 6 AM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)Thu Nov 12, 7 AM ET: on 20 front pages (5 leans left, 2 left, 6 right, 2 leans right, 5 center)
Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leftleans leftcenterleans rightright. First: NBC News, Tue 7:02 PM ET.
Nov 116 AM12 PM6 PMNov 126 AMNBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Nov 10, 7:02 PM ET: Missing baby found alive buried in dog crate in South CarolinaNBC News, Nov 11, 7:00 PM ET: Father charged with attempted murder after baby survives being buried in crateABC NewsABC NewsABC News, Nov 11, 12:00 AM ET: Missing 11-month-old boy taken by father rescued after being buried alive: SheriffABC News, Nov 11, 6:00 PM ET: Baby buried alive for 24 hours released from the hospital; father chargedNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Nov 11, 12:00 AM ET: Missing 11-month-old found after being buried alive 24 hours after his dad disappeared with himNew York Post, Nov 11, 12:00 PM ET: Missing 11-month-old found alive after being buried alive in dog crate for over 24 hoursNew York Post, Nov 11, 2:00 PM ET: Missing 11-month-old found alive after being buried in dog crate for over 24 hoursNew York Post, Nov 12, 2:00 AM ET: Baby buried alive for over 24 hours released from hospital as dad is charged with attempted murderThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Nov 11, 2:00 AM ET: Baby found alive after being buried in dog crate for 24 hours, South Carolina police sayNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Nov 11, 4:00 AM ET: Father Arrested After Missing Baby Found Buried Alive After 24 HoursReutersReutersReuters, Nov 11, 6:00 AM ET: Baby boy found alive in US after believed buried for 24 hours, police sayCNNCNNCNN, Nov 11, 7:00 AM ET: A missing baby was found buried alive a day after authorities say his father took himCNN, Nov 12, 4:00 AM ET: A father is charged with attempted murder after authorities found his son buried a foot underground. What we know The 11-month-old had been gone for 24 hours. Nearly 100 officers from multiple agencies had been searching for him.News NationNews NationNews Nation, Nov 11, 8:00 AM ET: Missing 11-month-old found alive buried in dog crate in South CarolinaNews Nation, Nov 11, 6:00 PM ET: Attempted murder charge after baby found buried alive in dog crateThe SunThe SunThe Sun, Nov 11, 8:00 AM ET: BURIED ALIVE Missing 11-month-old found buried alive in DOG CAGE after rescuers hear criesThe Sun, Nov 11, 7:00 PM ET: ‘CLINGING TO LIFE’ Missing baby’s cries lead cops to woods where dad, 25, buried him alive for 24hrs – as aunt says 25-year-old can ‘rot’The Western JournalThe Western JournalThe Western Journal, Nov 11, 8:00 AM ET: Father on Probation Arrested as Police Hear 11-Month-Old Baby Crying Underground, Find Him Buried in 'Dog Crate'CBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Nov 11, 9:00 AM ET: Baby found "clinging to life" after being buried in crate for 24 hoursCBS News, Nov 11, 4:00 PM ET: Baby 'clinging to life' after being buried in dog crate for 24 hours...CBS News, Nov 11, 8:00 PM ET: Baby found buried alive, father charged with attempted murderThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Nov 11, 10:00 AM ET: South Carolina police accuse father of burying infant son alive in dog crate; boy 'clinging to life'The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Nov 11, 11:00 AM ET: Father arrested after baby boy found buried alive in dog crateThe Daily WireThe Daily WireThe Daily Wire, Nov 11, 1:00 PM ET: 11-Month-Old Found Buried Alive In Dog CrateBBCBBCBBC, Nov 11, 2:00 PM ET: Missing 11-month-old baby found buried alive in a crate in South CarolinaBBC, Nov 11, 7:00 PM ET: Missing 11-month-old baby rescued after being buried alive in a crate in South CarolinaHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Nov 11, 2:00 PM ET: Missing Baby Found After Buried Alive In Dog Crate, Police In South Carolina SayHuffPost, Nov 11, 11:00 PM ET: Father Of Boy Who Survived Being Buried Alive Is Charged With Attempted Murder In South CarolinaThe National DeskThe National DeskThe National Desk, Nov 11, 4:00 PM ET: Family seeks support after 11-month-old found alive in buried dog crate in South CarolinaThe National Desk, Nov 11, 10:00 PM ET: Father charged with attempted murder after infant found buried alive in dog crateThe BlazeThe BlazeThe Blaze, Nov 11, 5:00 PM ET: Baby taken by father buried alive in dog crate in woods, cops say — then 24 hours later rescuers hear 'the most joyful sound'Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneChicago Tribune, Nov 11, 6:00 PM ET: Father of boy who survived being buried alive is charged with attempted murder in South CarolinaIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Nov 11, 6:00 PM ET: South Carolina Infant Found Alive in Buried Crate📺 TVFox News, 1:15 AM ET: DOES THE MARYLAND DAD GET PAID?CNN, 5:11 AM ET: Charged With Attempted MurderCNN, 5:12 AM ET: Charged With Attempted Murder🧶 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. “CLINGING TO LIFE”2
  2. “Dog Crate”1
  3. “rot”1
  4. “the most joyful sound”1
  5. “clinging to life”3

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

🗣️ Only one side says

  • 🫏 left
  • father charged
  • 🐘 right
  • nothing of its own

phrases three or more outlets on one side used and none on the other

📌 Linked by aggregators

1 Google News

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

✏️ 10 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • ABC News (2 wordings): “Missing 11-month-old boy taken by father rescued after being buried alive: Sheriff” → “Baby buried alive for 24 hours released from the hospital; father charged”
  • BBC (2 wordings): “Missing 11-month-old baby found buried alive in a crate in South Carolina” → “Missing 11-month-old baby rescued after being buried alive in a crate in South Carolina”
  • CBS News (3 wordings): “Baby found "clinging to life" after being buried in crate for 24 hours” → “Baby found buried alive, father charged with attempted murder”
  • CNN (2 wordings): “A missing baby was found buried alive a day after authorities say his father took him” → “A father is charged with attempted murder after authorities found his son buried a foot underground. What we know The 11-month-old had been gone for 24 hours. Nearly 100 officers from multiple agencies had been searching for him.”
  • HuffPost (2 wordings): “Missing Baby Found After Buried Alive In Dog Crate, Police In South Carolina Say” → “Father Of Boy Who Survived Being Buried Alive Is Charged With Attempted Murder In South Carolina”
  • NBC News (2 wordings): “Missing baby found alive buried in dog crate in South Carolina” → “Father charged with attempted murder after baby survives being buried in crate”
  • New York Post (4 wordings): “Missing 11-month-old found after being buried alive 24 hours after his dad disappeared with him” → “Baby buried alive for over 24 hours released from hospital as dad is charged with attempted murder”
  • News Nation (2 wordings): “Missing 11-month-old found alive buried in dog crate in South Carolina” → “Attempted murder charge after baby found buried alive in dog crate”
  • The National Desk (2 wordings): “Family seeks support after 11-month-old found alive in buried dog crate in South Carolina” → “Father charged with attempted murder after infant found buried alive in dog crate”
  • The Sun (2 wordings): “BURIED ALIVE Missing 11-month-old found buried alive in DOG CAGE after rescuers hear cries” → “‘CLINGING TO LIFE’ Missing baby’s cries lead cops to woods where dad, 25, buried him alive for 24hrs – as aunt says 25-year-old can ‘rot’”
📰 Every outlet's headline 20left 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. 🐘 Fox News 25 s
  2. 🫏 CNN 20 s

📻 On the radio

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📻🤷 No radio newscast matched to it.

🎙️ On the shows

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  1. 🐘 The Megyn Kelly Show 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

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🕵️🤷 No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

  • An 11-month-old boy was found alive after being buried in a dog crate and his father was charged with attempted murder. Nov 12: told by 10 people

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

🗣️ Names in it

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🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

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🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.

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