Brooklyn building collapse kills 2, injures 17

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Brooklyn building collapse kills 2, injures 17

Nov 11, 6 PM ET to Nov 12, 7 AM ET

35outlets carried it
🫏14 · 6 · 15🐘left · center · right
13 hourson the front pages
35front pages at once, at its peak
74 minof TV captions
15radio newscasts
37people retold it online

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Nov 11, 6 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Nov 11, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Nov 11, 7 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Nov 12, 4 AM ETretold online by 37 people
Nov 12, 7 AM ETpeak: on 35 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 rightright. First: CNN, Wed 6:00 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.

📡 Wire copy

3 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word

Chicago Tribune, HuffPost, The Independent

💬 Quoted

“unstable”1

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

📌 Linked by aggregators

2 Google News · Drudge Report

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

✏️ 20 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (4 wordings): “At least 1 dead, multiple injured after building collapses in Brooklyn: FDNY” → “At least 6 dead, multiple injured after building collapses in Brooklyn”
AP (3 wordings): “New York City building collapse traps people in rubble” → “Firefighters search rubble after deadly NYC building collapse, in photos”
BBC (5 wordings): “Aerial video shows crews at site of collapsed building in New York” → “New York building collapse kills at least four people”
CBS News (2 wordings): “At least 2 killed, 17 hurt in Brooklyn building collapse” → “At least 5 killed, 19 hurt in Brooklyn building collapse”
CNN (2 wordings): “Breaking News At least 1 dead and 2 injured after 3-story Brooklyn building collapses, officials say A three-story building in Brooklyn has collapsed, leaving people trapped inside and rescuers searching through rubble, the New York City Fire Department said.” → “At least 1 dead and 12 injured after 3-story Brooklyn building collapses, officials say A three-story building in Brooklyn has collapsed, leaving people trapped inside and rescuers searching through rubble, the New York City Fire Department said.”
Fox News (4 wordings): “Multiple people pulled from rubble after NYC building collapse, search underway for others feared trapped” → “NYC building collapse: Fifth body recovered as first responders search for survivors”
HuffPost (4 wordings): “Firefighters Dig Through Rubble After New York City Building Collapse Traps People In Wreckage” → “Death Toll Rises To 5 In Brooklyn Building Collapse As Rescuers Dig Through Rubble”
New York Post (6 wordings): “Massive NYC building collapse leaves at least 1 dead as FDNY searches through rubble” → “At least 5 confirmed dead in collapsed NYC building as massive rescue operation continues”
New York Times (3 wordings): “Building Collapses in Brooklyn, Killing One and Trapping Others” → “Brooklyn Building Collapses, Killing 1 and Injuring Others in Flatbush, NY”
News Nation (5 wordings): “Building collapses in Brooklyn, leaving 1 dead and several hurt: Report” → “Brooklyn building collapse: 6 dead, at least 17 hurt”
Newsmax (3 wordings): “At Least 1 Dead in Brooklyn Building Collapse” → “Firefighters Dig After NYC Building Collapse Kills 2”
Newsweek (3 wordings): “Partial Building Collapse in Brooklyn Traps People in Rubble: What We Know” → “2 Dead, 17 Injured as Rescuers Search Brooklyn Building Rubble”
One America News Network (2 wordings): “N.Y.: Massive rescue effort underway after Brooklyn building collapses” → “N.Y.: At least 1 person dead after Brooklyn building collapses”
The Epoch Times (4 wordings): “Multiple People Trapped After Building Collapses in Brooklyn” → “Building Collapses in Brooklyn, New York”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Brooklyn building collapse kills at least one and traps others in wreckage” → “Brooklyn building collapse kills at least two people and traps others in wreckage”
The National Desk (3 wordings): “1 dead, several others seriously hurt or trapped as building partially collapses in NY” → “New York City collapse: 2 dead, over 10 injured including 7 children; situation 'unstable'”
The Sun (5 wordings): “CRUSH HORROR People trapped in rubble after building collapses in New York & kills 1” → “CRUSH HORROR At least six dead after three-story NYC building collapses as desperate search for survivors continues”
The Washington Times (2 wordings): “Building partially collapses in Brooklyn, killing one with others injured” → “Building collapses in Brooklyn, killing two with others injured”
USA Today (6 wordings): “3-story building partially collapses in Brooklyn, reports of people trapped” → “At least 2 dead, 17 injured after 3-story building collapses in NYC”
Yahoo News (4 wordings): “Brooklyn building collapse leaves at least 1 person dead; rescue operations underway” → “Brooklyn building collapse leaves multiple people dead and at least 17 injured”

📰 Every outlet's headline 35left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Firefighters Dig Through Rubble After New York City Building Collapse Traps People In Wreckage
Raw Story🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Shock after Brooklyn building collapse leaves survivors trapped under rubble
The Daily Beast🕒 Nov 11, 10 PM ET Deaths Reported After New York Building Suddenly Collapses
The Guardian🕒 Nov 11, 8 PM ET Brooklyn building collapse kills at least one and traps others in wreckage
ABC News🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET At least 1 dead, multiple injured after building collapses in Brooklyn: FDNY
AP🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET New York City building collapse traps people in rubble
CBS News🕒 Nov 11, 10 PM ET At least 2 killed, 17 hurt in Brooklyn building collapse
CNN🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Breaking News At least 1 dead and 2 injured after 3-story Brooklyn building collapses, officials say A three-story building in Brooklyn has collapsed, leaving people trapped inside and rescuers searching through rubble, the New York City Fire Department said.
Los Angeles Times🕒 Nov 11, 11 PM ET Firefighters dig through rubble after New York City building collapse traps people
NBC News🕒 Nov 12, 7 AM ET BREAKING: 5 dead in Brooklyn building collapse
New York Times🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Building Collapses in Brooklyn, Killing One and Trapping Others
The Independent🕒 Nov 11, 7 PM ET New York City building collapse leaves people trapped in rubble
USA Today🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET 3-story building partially collapses in Brooklyn, reports of people trapped
Yahoo News🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Brooklyn building collapse leaves at least 1 person dead; rescue operations underway
BBC🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Aerial video shows crews at site of collapsed building in New York
Chicago Tribune🕒 Nov 11, 10 PM ET Firefighters dig through rubble after NYC building collapse kills 2 and traps people in wreckage
News Nation🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Building collapses in Brooklyn, leaving 1 dead and several hurt: Report
Newsweek🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Partial Building Collapse in Brooklyn Traps People in Rubble: What We Know
Reuters🕒 Nov 11, 11 PM ET Building collapse in Brooklyn kills at least two, injures more than 10
Scripps News🕒 Nov 11, 9 PM ET NYC building collapse kills 2 and traps people in wreckage
Just the News🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET New York City building collapse kills at least one, others trapped in rubble
The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 11, 7 PM ET Multiple People Trapped After Building Collapses in Brooklyn
The Sun🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET CRUSH HORROR People trapped in rubble after building collapses in New York & kills 1
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 11, 8 PM ET Building partially collapses in Brooklyn, killing one with others injured
Breitbart🕒 Nov 11, 9 PM ET 1 Dead, 10 Injured After Brooklyn Building Collapses into Construction Site
Fox News🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Multiple people pulled from rubble after NYC building collapse, search underway for others feared trapped
IJR🕒 Nov 11, 7 PM ET Brooklyn Building Collapse Traps People Under Rubble as Rescue Continues
New York Post🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Massive NYC building collapse leaves at least 1 dead as FDNY searches through rubble
Newsmax🕒 Nov 11, 7 PM ET At Least 1 Dead in Brooklyn Building Collapse
OAN🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET N.Y.: Massive rescue effort underway after Brooklyn building collapses
The Daily Wire🕒 Nov 11, 10 PM ET Deadly NYC Building Collapse Leaves Crews Searching For Survivors
The Gateway Pundit🕒 Nov 11, 9 PM ET JUST IN: At Least One Dead, 10 Injured After Three-Story Building in Brooklyn Collapses
The National Desk🕒 Nov 11, 7 PM ET 1 dead, several others seriously hurt or trapped as building partially collapses in NY
The Western Journal🕒 Nov 11, 6 PM ET Breaking Video: 3-Story Building Partially Collapses in NYC, Responders Searching for Possible Survivors Trapped Inside
Townhall🕒 Nov 11, 7 PM ET Brooklyn Building Partially Collapses; Search Underway for Trapped Victims

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

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minutes its captions were on screen, by channel; the disc is the network's lean

hourly newscasts that carried it, by show; beside the count, how often it was the lead story, or the highest it came in the running order

podcasts, newsletters and streams that talked about it, by show; the bar is episodes; the disc is the show's lean by reputation

🫏 CNN 5 Things 1

🕵️ investigative reporting on it and 🃏 satire joking about it (jokes, never counted as coverage); the bar is pieces

🕵️🤷 No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

A building in Flatbush, Brooklyn collapsed, causing deaths and injuries. Nov 12: told by 37 people
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🦋 a post on Bluesky · 52 likes, 19 reposts

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🗣️ Names in it

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what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

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Brooklyn building collapse kills 2, injures 17

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