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🗞️ Story file #195

Mamdani accuses Israel of genocide on Oct. 7 anniversary

Oct 7, 2 PM ET to Oct 7, 7 PM ET

👣 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. Oct 7, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: Just the News
  2. Oct 7, 2 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  3. Oct 7, 6 PM ETpeak: on 11 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

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Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 7, 2 PM to Oct 7, 7 PM ET (peak 11), by the outlets' lean: left · right
Oct 7, 12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PMWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Oct 7, 10:00 AM ET: Mamdani calls out Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza on third anniversary of Oct. 7 terrorist attacksWashington Examiner, Oct 7, 1:00 PM ET: Mamdani calls out Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza on anniversary of Oct. 7 attacksWashington Examiner, Oct 7, 3:00 PM ET: Mamdani draws heat from pro-Israel audience over Oct. 7 statementWashington Examiner, Oct 7, 4:00 PM ET: Mamdani calls out Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza on third anniversary of Oct. 7 attacksThe Daily SignalThe Daily SignalThe Daily Signal, Oct 7, 11:00 AM ET: BREAKING: Mamdani Marks Oct. 7 Tragedy With ‘Genocide’ Accusation Against IsraelThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Oct 7, 12:00 PM ET: Disgusting: NYC Mayor Mamdani Uses Oct. 7 Message to Attack IsraelNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 7, 1:00 PM ET: All-time Zo Mamdani’s tone-deaf Oct. 7 post attacks Israel for ‘ongoing genocide,’ sparks outrageNew York Post, Oct 7, 7:00 PM ET: Post Editorial Board: Mamdani chose to play Hamas’ spokesman on Oct. 7 anniversaryThe Daily WireThe Daily WireThe Daily Wire, Oct 7, 1:00 PM ET: Mamdani Marks October 7 By Taking Another Shot At IsraelJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 7, 2:00 PM ET: Mamdani marks Oct. 7 by accusing Israel of genocide, prompts backlashThe Western JournalThe Western JournalThe Western Journal, Oct 7, 4:00 PM ET: Mamdani Releases Statement Remembering Oct. 7,  but Spends 75 Percent of His Words Defending Hamas' ActionsNew York MagazineNew York MagazineNew York Magazine, Oct 7, 4:00 PM ET: Mamdani Couldn’t Resist Attacking Israel in October 7 Statement This won’t do much to repair his relationship with New York’s Jewish Establishment.New York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Oct 7, 5:00 PM ET: Mamdani Draws Anger With Oct. 7 Statement Denouncing Israel’s Gaza AttacksThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 7, 5:00 PM ET: Zohran Mamdani uses Oct. 7 commemoration message to criticize Israel for ‘genocide’ in GazaNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 7, 6:00 PM ET: Israeli Consul Ofir Akunis Tells Newsmax: ‘Shame on You, Mr. Mayor’ Mamdani📺 TVFox News, 2:55 PM ET: SOON: UCLA STUDENT GROUP TO HOLD ANTI-ISRAEL MARCHFox News, 2:56 PM ET: SOON: UCLA STUDENT GROUP TO HOLD ANTI-ISRAEL MARCHFox News, 3:38 PM ET: MAMDANI OCT 7 STATEMENT ACCUSES ISRAEL OF GENOCIDEFox News, 3:40 PM ET: MAMDANI OCT 7 STATEMENT ACCUSES ISRAEL OF GENOCIDEFox News, 5:02 PM ET: "GENOCIDE". MAMDANI ATTACKS ISRAEL IN OCT 7 COMMEMORATION POSTFox News, 5:04 PM ET: ZOHRAN ATTACKS ISRAEL ON OCT 7Fox News, 5:09 PM ET: "GENOCIDE". MAMDANI ATTACKS ISRAEL IN OCT 7 COMMEMORATION POSTFox News, 5:09 PM ET: "GENOCIDE" PRESS; ZOHRAN MAMDANI ATTACKS ISRAEL IN OCT 7 COMMEMORATION POSTFox News, 5:10 PM ET: ZOHRAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF "GENOCIDE" ON 07Fox News, 5:11 PM ET: ZOHRAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF "GENOCIDE" ON 07
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. 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: “genocide” 3 “Shame on You, Mr. Mayor” “ongoing genocide,” 2

✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • New York Post (2 wordings): “All-time Zo Mamdani’s tone-deaf Oct. 7 post attacks Israel for ‘ongoing genocide,’ sparks outrage” → “Post Editorial Board: Mamdani chose to play Hamas’ spokesman on Oct. 7 anniversary”
  • Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “Mamdani calls out Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza on third anniversary of Oct. 7 terrorist attacks” → “Mamdani calls out Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza on third anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks”
Every outlet's first headline (11), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

Fox News3 min
  • MAMDANI OCT 7 STATEMENT ACCUSES ISRAEL OF GENOCIDE Fox News, 49 s
  • "GENOCIDE". MAMDANI ATTACKS ISRAEL IN OCT 7 COMMEMORATION POST Fox News, 43 s
  • SOON: UCLA STUDENT GROUP TO HOLD ANTI-ISRAEL MARCH Fox News, 31 s
  • "GENOCIDE" PRESS; ZOHRAN MAMDANI ATTACKS ISRAEL IN OCT 7 COMMEMORATION POST Fox News, 31 s
  • ZOHRAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF "GENOCIDE" ON 07 Fox News, 22 s
  • ZOHRAN ATTACKS ISRAEL ON OCT 7 Fox News, 8 s

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 📨 Erick Erickson 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now

🃏 The Babylon Bee

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Zo Mamdani Israel

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Oct 7 anniversary and Israel

  1. Israel marks third anniversary of October 7 attack

    Oct 7, 4 AM ET

  2. Mamdani accuses Israel of genocide on Oct. 7 anniversary (this story)

    Oct 7, 2 PM ET