Russian ambassador to the US dies at 66

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Russian ambassador to the US dies at 66

Nov 11, 1 PM ET to Nov 12, 7 AM ET

24outlets carried it
🫏8 · 3 · 13🐘left · center · right
18 hourson the front pages
24front pages at once, at its peak
6 minof TV captions
3radio newscasts
21people retold it online

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Nov 11, 1 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Nov 11, 4 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Nov 11, 5 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Nov 12, 12 AM ETpeak: on 24 front pages
Nov 12, 4 AM ETretold online by 21 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leftleans leftcenterleans rightright. First: ABC News, Wed 12:00 PM ET.

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

“suddenly”8
“Deep State”1

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

2 Drudge Report · Political Wire

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

✏️ 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

CNN (2 wordings): “Russian ambassador to US dies suddenly, foreign ministry says” → “Russian ambassador to US dies suddenly after suffering chronic illness, foreign ministry says”
NBC News (2 wordings): “Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. dies suddenly at age 66” → “Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. dies at age 66”
News Nation (2 wordings): “Russian ambassador to US dies at 66” → “Russia’s ambassador to the United States dies 'suddenly' at 66”
Red State (2 wordings): “BREAKING Russian Ambassador to the US Suddenly Dies” → “Russian Ambassador to the US Suddenly Dies”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Russia’s ambassador to the United States dies, aged 66” → “Russia’s ambassador to the United States dies aged 66”

📰 Every outlet's headline 24left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Russia’s Ambassador To U.S. Dies ‘Suddenly,’ Russian Foreign Ministry Says
The Guardian🕒 Nov 11, 1 PM ET Russia’s ambassador to the United States dies, aged 66
ABC News🕒 Nov 11, 12 PM ET Alexander Darchiev, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, dead at 66
CNN🕒 Nov 11, 1 PM ET Russian ambassador to US dies suddenly, foreign ministry says
Los Angeles Times🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. dies, the country’s Foreign Ministry says
NBC News🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. dies suddenly at age 66
New York Times🕒 Nov 11, 5 PM ET Alexander Darchiev, Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S., Dies at 66
The Independent🕒 Nov 11, 1 PM ET Russian ambassador to US Alexander Darchiev dies 'suddenly' at 66
Forbes🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Russia's Ambassador To The US Dead At 66, Reports Say
News Nation🕒 Nov 11, 12 PM ET Russian ambassador to US dies at 66
Newsweek🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Who Was Alexander Darchiev? Russia’s Ambassador to US Dies Suddenly at 66
Just the News🕒 Nov 11, 8 PM ET Russian Ambassador to the US dead at 66
The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 12, 12 AM ET Russian Ambassador to the United States Dies at 66
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Russian ambassador to the U.S. dies 'suddenly' at 66
Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Russian ambassador to US ‘suddenly’ dead at 66
IJR🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Russia’s US Ambassador Darchiev Dies at 66
New York Post🕒 Nov 11, 3 PM ET Russian ambassador to the US ‘suddenly’ dies at 66
Newsmax🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET Moscow's Ambassador to the US Dies at Age 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry Says
Red State🕒 Nov 11, 2 PM ET BREAKING Russian Ambassador to the US Suddenly Dies
The Daily Caller🕒 Nov 11, 1 PM ET Russian Ambassador To US Dies At Age 66
The Daily Wire🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET Russian Ambassador To U.S., A Fierce Critic Of The West, Dies Suddenly
The Gateway Pundit🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET Russian Ambassador to US Alexander Darchiev Dies at 66: Expert on America’s Left Said the ‘Deep State’ Was Pushing Trump to Pressure Moscow
The Western Journal🕒 Nov 11, 4 PM ET Russia's Ambassador to the US Dies 'Suddenly' Per Country's Foreign Ministry
Townhall🕒 Nov 11, 3 PM ET Top Russian Diplomat to the US 'Suddenly' Dies

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

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🫏 NPR News Now 3× · best #3

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

Russian Ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev has died. Nov 12: told by 21 people

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

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Russian ambassador to the US dies at 66

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