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4 7 6 PM Sat 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM peak: 7 front pages, Fri 5 PM Fri Nov 13, 12 PM ET: on 2 front pages (1 right, 1 center)
“Police investigating David Walliams over reports alleging serious sexual offences” (BBC) Fri Nov 13, 1 PM ET: on 4 front pages (1 right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Fri Nov 13, 2 PM ET: on 4 front pages (1 right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Fri Nov 13, 3 PM ET: on 5 front pages (1 right, 1 center, 1 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense investigation into comedian and children’s author David Walliams” (NBC News) Fri Nov 13, 4 PM ET: on 5 front pages (1 right, 1 center, 1 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense investigation into comedian and children’s author David Walliams” (NBC News) Fri Nov 13, 5 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Fri Nov 13, 6 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Fri Nov 13, 7 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Fri Nov 13, 8 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Fri Nov 13, 9 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Fri Nov 13, 10 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Fri Nov 13, 11 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Sat Nov 14, 12 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Sat Nov 14, 1 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Sat Nov 14, 2 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Sat Nov 14, 3 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Sat Nov 14, 4 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams” (The Guardian) Sat Nov 14, 5 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 6 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 7 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 8 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 9 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 10 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 11 AM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 12 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 1 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 2 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 3 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 4 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 5 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 6 PM ET: on 7 front pages (1 right, 2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Sat Nov 14, 7 PM ET: on 6 front pages (2 center, 2 left, 2 leans left)
“U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams” (NBC News) Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:
Nov 13, 6 PM Nov 14 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM New York PostNew York Post New York Post, Nov 13, 12:00 PM ET: David Walliams under police investigation for ‘serious sexual offenses’ as more alleged victims come forward BBCBBC BBC, Nov 13, 12:00 PM ET: Police investigating David Walliams over reports alleging serious sexual offences The GuardianThe Guardian The Guardian, Nov 13, 1:00 PM ET: UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against comedian David Walliams NBC NewsNBC News NBC News, Nov 13, 1:00 PM ET: U.K. police launch sex offense investigation into comedian and children’s author David Walliams NBC News, Nov 14, 5:01 AM ET: U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams PBS NewsHourPBS NewsHour PBS NewsHour, Nov 13, 3:00 PM ET: UK police launch sex offense investigation into children's author and TV personality David Walliams ReutersReuters Reuters, Nov 13, 5:00 PM ET: UK police investigate allegations against best-selling children's author Walliams Rolling StoneRolling Stone Rolling Stone, Nov 13, 5:00 PM ET: David Walliams: British Police Open Investigation Into Sexual Misconduct Allegations 🧶 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
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“serious sexual offenses” 1 phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did
▸ ✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
NBC News (2 wordings): “U.K. police launch sex offense investigation into comedian and children’s author David Walliams” → “U.K. police launch sex offense probe into comedian David Walliams”📰 Every outlet's headline 7 left to right by AllSides rating
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🧶 Retelling what people online made of it
The Metropolitan Police are investigating David Walliams for alleged serious sexual offences.
🧶 told by 13 Nov 14 · told before on Nov 13, Nov 12, Nov 11
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David Walliams Police
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🧵 David Walliams sexual misconduct claims →
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UK police launch criminal investigation into allegations against David Walliams
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