🗞️ Story file #343
Mike Ditka honored with tributes and mentions from NFL, Trump, and Obama
Oct 11, 4 PM ET to Oct 11, 7 PM ET
- 7outlets carried it
- 🫏2 · 1 · 4🐘left · center · right
- 3 hourson the front pages
- 7front pages at once, at its peak
- 2 of 2parts of a saga
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- Oct 11, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Washington Times
- Oct 11, 5 PM ETpeak: on 7 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
💬 quoted: “He Was MAGA All the Way” 2 “Great Champion” “Winner”
✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- AP (2 wordings): “Mike Ditka tributes pour in from President Trump, former President Obama, Chicago and the NFL” → “Bears-Packers game features tributes to Mike Ditka on the field and in the stands”
- Chicago Tribune (2 wordings): “Photos: Chicago Bears fans just want to be like Mike (Ditka)” → “Bears and Packers fans come together to credit Mike Ditka for role in creating fierce and storied rivalry”
Every outlet's first headline (7), left to right by AllSides rating
AP
Mike Ditka tributes pour in from President Trump, former President Obama, Chicago and the NFL Oct 10, 12 AM ET
Mediaite
Trump Praises NFL Legend Mike Ditka as a ‘Great Champion’ and Declares He Was ‘MAGA All The Way’ Oct 10, 12 PM ET
Chicago Tribune
Photos: Chicago Bears fans just want to be like Mike (Ditka) Oct 9, 3 PM ET
The Washington Times
Ditka honored on the field, in the stands at Bears-Packers game Oct 11, 5 PM ET
Breitbart
…Trump Remembers Mike Ditka as a ‘Winner’ and ‘Tough Cookie’… Oct 10, 11 AM ET
Fox News
Mike Ditka tributes pour in from around the NFL including fans dressing like him in Green Bay Oct 11, 3 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
(VIDEO) Trump Releases Reacts to Bears Legend Mike Ditka’s Passing, Releases Statement: “He Was MAGA All the Way” Oct 10, 11 AM ET
📡 Broadcast
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🧶 Retelling
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🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Mike Ditka Chicago NFL Green Bay Packers
🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
🧵 Mike Ditka dies at 86
Legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka dies at 86
Oct 9, 12 PM ET
Mike Ditka honored with tributes and mentions from NFL, Trump, and Obama (this story)
Oct 11, 4 PM ET