Oct 2, 5 PM ET to Oct 6, 7 PM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean
📰53outlets carried it
⚖️🫏21 · 10 · 20🐘left · center · right
⏱️4.1 dayson the front pages
📈51front pages at once, at its peak
📺10 minof TV captions
📻11radio newscasts
🧶39people retold it online
🧵1 of 2parts of a saga
👣 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.
📰Oct 2, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
📻Oct 4, 9 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
🧶Oct 4, 2 PM ETretold online by 39 people
📈Oct 4, 11 PM ETpeak: on 51 front pages
📺Oct 5, 12 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 4, 9 AM to Oct 6, 7 PM ET (peak 40), by the outlets' lean:
left · center · right · not ratedWho 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.
📡 wire copy: 5 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Chicago Tribune, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, The Epoch Times)
💬 quoted: “AGAINST ALL ODDS”“conscious and talking”“critical”“Medically unprecedented”“difficult and perhaps cruel”“Taken Off the Table”“Torture”“critically ill”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 regained consciousness since🐘 execution denies justice
✏️ 41 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
ABC News (5 wordings): “Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after botched execution: Attorneys” → “Christa Pike conscious and speaking after botched execution: Attorneys”
AP (5 wordings): “Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, her lawyers say” → “Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution - AP News”
Axios (3 wordings): “Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions” → “Christa Pike awake, talking after failed lethal injection, lawyers say”
BBC (5 wordings): “US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say” → “US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say”
Breitbart (3 wordings): “Christa Pike Granted All-Female Execution Team Before Botched Lethal Injection” → “Christa Pike’s Botched Execution Grants Another Death Row Inmate More Time to Live”
CBS News (4 wordings): “Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator after botched execution, lawyers say Christa Pike "remains critically ill" and is receiving medical care after a botched execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said. 1h ago” → “Christa Pike is conscious, speaking after botched execution, attorneys say”
CNN (6 wordings): “Christa Pike is on a ventilator and unconscious after surviving lethal injection Her medical and legal future remain unclear following the execution attempt” → “Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after she survived Tennessee’s execution attempt, her attorneys say”
Chicago Tribune (2 wordings): “Christa Pike was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say” → “Christa Pike’s lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution”
Fox News (4 wordings): “Police chief in Christa Pike's arrest has message about victim after botched execution” → “Christa Pike execution failure spares murderer who bailed victim out just to kill him”
Google News (8 wordings): “Christa Pike unconscious, on a ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say - NBC News” → “Tennessee Commissioner Resigns After Failed Execution of Christa Pike - The New York Times”
HuffPost (5 wordings): “Christa Pike Was On A Ventilator And Unconscious After Failed Tennessee Execution, Attorneys Say” → “Christa Pike Awake And Speaking After Botched Execution, Lawyers Say”
Independent Journal Review (3 wordings): “Tennessee Execution Attempt of Christa Pike Fails” → “Tennessee halts executions through 2026 after botched injection”
Los Angeles Times (3 wordings): “Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed execution, her lawyers say” → “Christa Pike has not regained consciousness since failed Tennessee execution, lawyer says”
NBC News (6 wordings): “Christa Pike unconscious, on a ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say” → “Christa Pike’s lawyer says she hasn’t regained consciousness since her failed execution”
NPR (3 wordings): “Failed 'torturous' execution attempt on Christa Pike reignites death penalty debate” → “What happened during Christa Pike's failed execution”
New York Magazine (3 wordings): “Everything We Know About Tennessee’s Botched Execution of Christa Pike Pike, a convicted murder, survived two lethal injection doses and was rushed to the hospital, prompting a statewide execution pause.” → “What We Know About the Botched Execution of Christa Pike”
New York Post (14 wordings): “Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator nearly two days after botched execution, attorneys say” → “Christa Pike is awake and speaking less than a week after surviving a botched execution attempt, which included two doses lethal injection drugs, her lawyers said Tuesday.”
New York Times (4 wordings): “How a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death” → “Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Failed Execution in Tennessee”
News Nation (4 wordings): “Christa Pike on ventilator as attorneys file motion to preserve evidence” → “Christa Pike is awake and speaking after failed execution, her attorneys say”
Newsmax (4 wordings): “Pike Unconscious After Botched Execution” → “Christa Pike Conscious, Talking After Failed Execution”
Newsweek (6 wordings): “Can You Legally Face Execution Twice? What Happens Next for Christa Pike” → “Christa Pike’s Lawyer Says She’s Awake, Speaking After Failed Execution”
PBS NewsHour (2 wordings): “Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say” → “Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after failed execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys say”
Political Wire (3 wordings): “Christa Pike Is On Ventilator After Execution Attempt” → “Governor Says Tennessee’s Prisons Chief Is Resigning”
Red State (3 wordings): “New: Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns After Failed Execution of Pike Ward Clark” → “After Botched Execution, TN Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Is Awake and Speaking Jennifer Oliver O'Connell”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike on ventilator, attorneys say” → “Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say”
Straight Arrow News (2 wordings): “Christa Pike remains unresponsive as questions grow after botched execution” → “Christa Pike conscious and talking after failed execution, attorneys say”
The Daily Wire (2 wordings): “The Dark Truth Buried By Christa Pike Botched Execution Drama” → “Tennessee Death Row Inmate On Ventilator After Botched Execution”
The Epoch Times (4 wordings): “Convicted Murderer Survives Lethal Injections in Tennessee: What to Know” → “Christa Pike’s Lawyer Calls for Governor to Remove Death Sentence After Failed Execution”
The Gateway Pundit (3 wordings): “Christa Pike Unconscious and on Ventilator After Botched Execution” → “BREAKING: Christa Pike is Conscious and Speaking at a Hospital Nearly One Week After Botched Execution: Attorneys”
The Guardian (6 wordings): “Christa Pike remains on ventilator after failed execution in Tennessee” → “Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say”
The Hill (2 wordings): “Christa Pike remains alive after botched execution attempt. What happens next?” → “‘Medically unprecedented’: Christa Pike alive, speaking days after failed execution”
The Independent (4 wordings): “Christa Pike remains alive hours after Tennessee failed in execution” → “Christa Pike awake and speaking days after botched Tennessee execution”
The Sun (13 wordings): “FIGHT FOR LIFE Christa Pike remains unconscious on a ventilator, lawyers say – as they reveal disturbing new info on botched execution” → “'AGAINST ALL ODDS' Christa Pike is now AWAKE & speaking 6 days after botched execution – but is still in 'critical' care & shackled to bed”
The Wall Street Journal (3 wordings): “Tennessee Halts Executions After Botched Lethal Injections” → “Christa Pike Is Conscious and Speaking After Botched Execution”
The Washington Post (3 wordings): “What to know about Christa Pike, her failed execution and what happens next” → “Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after failed execution, attorneys say”
The Washington Times (4 wordings): “Botched Tennessee execution renews debate over lethal injection” → “Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say”
The Western Journal (2 wordings): “Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Kept Alive With Ventilator After Botched Execution as Hospital Staff Tries to 'Save' Her” → “Christa Pike's Attorney Calls for Death Penalty to Be 'Taken Off the Table' After Botched Execution Attempt”
Townhall (5 wordings): “A Journalist Calls for the Release of Christa Pike Following Botched Execution” → “Botched Execution Denies Justice for Victim”
USA Today (4 wordings): “Christa Pike unconscious, on a ventilator, court filings say” → “Christa Pike 'conscious and talking' after botched execution”
Washington Examiner (5 wordings): “Christa Pike unconscious and intubated after failed execution, lawyers say” → “Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched execution”
Yahoo News (10 wordings): “Christa Pike is unconscious and on a ventilator after failed execution, filing says” → “Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say”
Every outlet's first headline (53), left to right by AllSides rating
Christa Pike remains unconscious and on a ventilator in a hospital after a botched execution attempt in Tennessee. Oct 5: told by 33 people 🧩 Botched execution
A woman is being executed by lethal injection, but the process failed and she is now in critical condition. Oct 4: told by 6 people
On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
HuffPost
Christa Pike Was On A Ventilator And Unconscious After Failed Tennessee Execution, Attorneys Say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
MSNBC
Court halts execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee for a murder she committed at age 18 Oct 2, 5 PM ET
New York Magazine
Everything We Know About Tennessee’s Botched Execution of Christa Pike Pike, a convicted murder, survived two lethal injection doses and was rushed to the hospital, prompting a statewide execution pause. Oct 2, 5 PM ET
New Yorker
Christa Pike and the Absurdity of Humane Execution Oct 3, 6 PM ET
Salon
Christa Pike’s botched execution was not an isolated incident Oct 3, 1 PM ET
The Guardian
Christa Pike remains on ventilator after failed execution in Tennessee Oct 2, 5 PM ET
ABC News
Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after botched execution: Attorneys Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Axios
Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions Oct 2, 5 PM ET
CBS News
Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator after botched execution, lawyers say Christa Pike "remains critically ill" and is receiving medical care after a botched execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said. 1h ago Oct 2, 5 PM ET
CNN
Christa Pike is on a ventilator and unconscious after surviving lethal injection Her medical and legal future remain unclear following the execution attempt Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Google News
Christa Pike unconscious, on a ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say - NBC News Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Los Angeles Times
Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed execution, her lawyers say Oct 3, 8 AM ET
NBC News
Christa Pike unconscious, on a ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
NPR
Failed 'torturous' execution attempt on Christa Pike reignites death penalty debate Oct 2, 5 PM ET
New York Times
How a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death Oct 3, 8 AM ET
PBS NewsHour
Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
The Independent
Christa Pike remains alive hours after Tennessee failed in execution Oct 2, 5 PM ET
The Washington Post
What to know about Christa Pike, her failed execution and what happens next Oct 2, 5 PM ET
USA Today
Christa Pike unconscious, on a ventilator, court filings say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Yahoo News
Christa Pike is unconscious and on a ventilator after failed execution, filing says Oct 2, 5 PM ET
BBC
US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Chicago Tribune
Christa Pike was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
News Nation
Christa Pike on ventilator as attorneys file motion to preserve evidence Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Newsweek
Can You Legally Face Execution Twice? What Happens Next for Christa Pike Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Reason
Would a Firing Squad Have Been More 'Humane' for Christa Pike? Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Reuters
Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike on ventilator, attorneys say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Scripps News
Crime Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution AP via Scripps News Group Oct 6, 6 PM ET
Straight Arrow News
Christa Pike remains unresponsive as questions grow after botched execution Oct 5, 1 PM ET
The Hill
Christa Pike remains alive after botched execution attempt. What happens next? Oct 4, 11 AM ET
WSJ
Tennessee Halts Executions After Botched Lethal Injections Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Just the News
Christa Pike's attorneys say client is awake and speaking after failed execution Oct 6, 6 PM ET
Real Clear Politics
Botched Execution Makes Powerful Case Against Death Penalty Oct 3, 8 AM ET
The American Conservative
Lessons From the Botched Tennessee Execution Oct 4, 1 AM ET
The Epoch Times
Convicted Murderer Survives Lethal Injections in Tennessee: What to Know Oct 2, 5 PM ET
The Sun
FIGHT FOR LIFE Christa Pike remains unconscious on a ventilator, lawyers say – as they reveal disturbing new info on botched execution Oct 2, 5 PM ET
The Washington Times
Botched Tennessee execution renews debate over lethal injection Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Christa Pike unconscious and intubated after failed execution, lawyers say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Breitbart
Christa Pike Granted All-Female Execution Team Before Botched Lethal Injection Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Fox News
Police chief in Christa Pike's arrest has message about victim after botched execution Oct 2, 5 PM ET
IJR
Tennessee Execution Attempt of Christa Pike Fails Oct 2, 5 PM ET
New York Post
Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator nearly two days after botched execution, attorneys say Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Newsmax
Pike Unconscious After Botched Execution Oct 4, 5 PM ET
Red State
New: Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns After Failed Execution of Pike Ward Clark Oct 3, 2 PM ET
The American Spectator
Christa Pike’s Botched Execution Denies Justice to Her Victim’s Family Oct 4, 11 PM ET
The Daily Caller
Tennessee Halts Executions After Infamous Killer Survived Multiple Lethal Injections Oct 2, 5 PM ET
The Daily Wire
The Dark Truth Buried By Christa Pike Botched Execution Drama Oct 2, 5 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
Christa Pike Unconscious and on Ventilator After Botched Execution Oct 3, 8 AM ET
The Western Journal
Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Kept Alive With Ventilator After Botched Execution as Hospital Staff Tries to 'Save' Her Oct 4, 1 PM ET
Townhall
A Journalist Calls for the Release of Christa Pike Following Botched Execution Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Political Wire
Christa Pike Is On Ventilator After Execution Attempt Oct 2, 5 PM ET
The 19th
Christa Pike was set to be Tennessee’s first woman executed in 200 years. She survived. Oct 3, 8 PM ET