Pentagon official and staff reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

🗞️ Story file #1751

Pentagon official and staff reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Nov 11, 4 PM ET to Nov 12, 7 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

34outlets carried it
🫏19 · 7 · 7🐘left · center · right
15 hourson the front pages
34front pages at once, at its peak
8 minof TV captions
1radio newscast
10people retold it online

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Nov 11, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: Alternet
Nov 11, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
Nov 11, 9 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Nov 12, 4 AM ETretold online by 10 people
Nov 12, 6 AM ETpeak: on 34 front pages

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 rightrightnot rated. First: The Independent, Wed 3:00 PM ET.

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💬 Quoted

“silence and respect”3
“Absolutely Disgusting”1
“Disgraceful”1
“disturbing”1
“Maintain Silence”1

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

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

✏️ 12 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

BBC (3 wordings): “Hegseth and advisers reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” → “Pentagon backs war memorial guard who reprimanded Hegseth's group”
HuffPost (3 wordings): “VIDEO: Soldier Rebukes Hegseth’s Group For Laughing During Visit To Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier” → “‘Absolutely Disgusting’: Critics Torch Pete Hegseth After ‘Shameful’ Tomb Incident”
Mediaite (2 wordings): “VIDEO: Tomb of Unknown Soldier Sentinel Yells at Hegseth Group Over Laughter...” → “VIDEO: Tomb of Unknown Guard Yells at Hegseth Group Over Laughter...”
NBC News (2 wordings): “Pete Hegseth and others reprimanded by guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” → “Hegseth and others reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”
News Nation (2 wordings): “Hegseth, group face reprimand at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day” → “Hegseth, group scolded at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Hegseth’s Group Warned by Guard Over Conduct at Tomb of Unknown Soldier” → “Pentagon Responds After Hegseth’s Group Warned at Tomb of Unknown Soldier”
Rolling Stone (2 wordings): “Having a Ball Hegseth and Advisers Yelled at for Disrespecting Tomb of Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day” → “Hegseth and Advisers Yelled at for Disrespecting Tomb of Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Hegseth and team reprimanded by Arlington National Cemetery guard; Trump defends his defense secretary and Iran war” → “Hegseth and aides scolded by guard for laughing at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”
The Independent (3 wordings): “Hegseth’s group reprimanded for laughing during Veterans Day honoring at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” → “Hegseth reprimanded by guard after laughter at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”
The National Desk (2 wordings): “Hegseth and team scolded at Tomb of the Unknown Solider after laughter caught on video” → “Hegseth and team scolded at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after laughter caught on video”
The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Hegseth and his entourage scolded by military sentinel at Tomb of the Unknowns” → “Hegseth and his entourage scolded by military sentinel at Tomb of the Unknowns - The Washington Post”
Yahoo News (4 wordings): “Soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimands Hegseth's group” → “Video shows soldier reprimanding Hegseth's group at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”