🗞️ Story file #381
Selma Blair arrested after alleged in-flight altercation
Oct 12, 4 PM ET to Oct 12, 10 PM ET
- 21outlets carried it
- 🫏10 · 4 · 7🐘left · center · right
- 6 hourson the front pages
- 21front pages at once, at its peak
- 6 minof TV captions
- 1radio newscast
👣 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 12, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: Rolling Stone
- Oct 12, 4 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
- Oct 12, 5 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
- Oct 12, 9 PM ETpeak: on 21 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the AP headline nearly word for word (PBS NewsHour)
📌 linked by aggregators: Google News
💬 quoted: “Medical Emergency” “unruly behavior”
🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 actress selma
✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- ABC News (2 wordings): “Selma Blair arrested after alleged altercation on Delta flight” → “Selma Blair facing assault charges after alleged altercation on Delta flight”
- AP (2 wordings): “FBI issues actor Selma Blair a summons accusing her of assaults aboard a plane, AP source says” → “Selma Blair arrested in New York after an alleged assault on a Delta flight”
- Fox News (3 wordings): “Selma Blair arrested onboard flight into New York City, allegedly attacked flight crew” → “Selma Blair seen leaving court after allegedly biting flight attendant, injuring others”
- NBC News (2 wordings): “Cockpit audio describes alleged assault between Selma Blair and flight attendants” → “Selma Blair taken into custody after being physically abusive on Delta flight, officials say”
- New York Post (3 wordings): “exclusive Delta blasts Selma Blair for ‘unruly behavior’ after mid-flight biting incident” → “exclusive Selma Blair released from jail as she faces up to 7 years in prison for violent airplane incident”
- Rolling Stone (2 wordings): “Selma Blair Arrested After 'Medical Emergency' Led to Physical Altercation on Flight” → “Selma Blair Charged with Second-Degree Assault Following Plane Incident, Released on $20,000 Bail 3 hours ago”
Every outlet's first headline (21), left to right by AllSides rating
Rolling Stone
Selma Blair Arrested After 'Medical Emergency' Led to Physical Altercation on Flight Oct 12, 4 PM ET
The Guardian
Selma Blair arrested at JFK after she allegedly attacked flight attendants Oct 12, 5 PM ET
ABC News
Selma Blair arrested after alleged altercation on Delta flight Oct 12, 4 PM ET
AP
FBI issues actor Selma Blair a summons accusing her of assaults aboard a plane, AP source says Oct 12, 5 PM ET
CBS News
Selma Blair arrested after allegedly biting flight attendant Oct 12, 4 PM ET
Los Angeles Times
Selma Blair arrested, accused of injuring flight crew Oct 12, 4 PM ET
NBC News
Cockpit audio describes alleged assault between Selma Blair and flight attendants Oct 12, 9 PM ET
PBS NewsHour
Selma Blair taken into custody in New York after an alleged assault on a flight Oct 12, 5 PM ET
The Independent
Selma Blair arrested after alleged plane meltdown where she bit a flight attendant: report Oct 12, 4 PM ET
USA Today
Selma Blair arrested after alleged violent outburst on flight Oct 12, 3 PM ET
Chicago Tribune
Selma Blair arrested after alleged assault on flight, charged with kicking officer and nurse after Oct 12, 9 PM ET
News Nation
Selma Blair arrested after allegedly trying to open plane door Oct 12, 6 PM ET
Scripps News
Crime Selma Blair taken into custody in NY after alleged assault on Delta flight Oct 12, 5 PM ET
The Hill
Selma Blair taken into custody, hospitalized after allegedly trying to open plane door Oct 12, 6 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Selma Blair arrested: Actress accused of biting flight attendant on Delta plane Oct 12, 5 PM ET
Breitbart
Selma Blair Arrested after Violent 'Medical Emergency' on Delta Flight Oct 12, 7 PM ET
Fox News
Selma Blair arrested onboard flight into New York City, allegedly attacked flight crew Oct 12, 3 PM ET
IJR
Selma Blair Reportedly Arrested After Midair Door Attempt Oct 12, 4 PM ET
New York Post
exclusive Delta blasts Selma Blair for ‘unruly behavior’ after mid-flight biting incident Oct 12, 4 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
Hollywood Actress Selma Blair Arrested For Biting and Punching Flight Crew, Trying to Open Plane Door Mid-flight (PILOT AUDIO) Oct 12, 4 PM ET
The Western Journal
Actress Selma Blair Arrested After Alleged Violent Incident on Flight Oct 12, 8 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- SELMA BLAIR ARRESTED AFTER IN-FLIGHT INCIDENT Fox News, 77 s
- SELMA BLAIR IN CUSTODY AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING FLIGHT CREW CNN, 76 s
- MID-AIR MELTDOWN. SELMA BLAIR ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING CREW Fox News, 61 s
- CRUEL INTENTIONS, TURBULENT FLIGHT Fox News, 45 s
- SELMA BLAIR IN POLICE CUSTODY CNN, 41 s
- ACTRESS ARRESTED. SELMA BLAIR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS Fox News, 26 s
- SELMA BLAIR ACCUSED OF BITING FLIGHT ATTENDANT Fox News, 16 s
📻 On the radio
- ABC News Update, Oct 12, 5:32 PM ET: story 3 of 3
🧶 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: Selma Blair Delta New York City
🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.