🗞️ Story file #393
James talarico returns to campaign trail
Oct 12, 8 PM ET to Oct 13, 12 PM ET
📰 10 outlets carried it ⚖️ 🫏6 · 3 · 1🐘 left · center · right ⏱️ 16 hours on the front pages 📈 10 front pages at once, at its peak 📺 40 min of TV captions 🔎 2 fact-checks 🧵 4 of 5 parts of a saga
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📰 Spread the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
Oct 12, 9 PM Oct 13 3 AM 6 AM 9 AM 12 PM 5 10 left center right Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 12, 8 PM to Oct 13, 12 PM ET (peak 10), by the outlets' lean:
Oct 12 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM Oct 13 6 AM 12 PM NewsweekNewsweek Newsweek, Oct 10, 8:00 PM ET: James Talarico Edges Out Ken Paxton in Poll as He Returns to Campaign Trail MediaiteMediaite Mediaite, Oct 11, 8:02 PM ET: James Talarico Explains His Campaign Trail Absence In Midst of MAGA Conspiracy Theories BreitbartBreitbart Breitbart, Oct 12, 11:02 AM ET: He’s Alive! Talarico Reappears After 12-Day Absence from Campaign Trail News NationNews Nation News Nation, Oct 12, 1:02 PM ET: Talarico returns to campaign trail Rolling StoneRolling Stone Rolling Stone, Oct 12, 2:02 PM ET: The Right’s Desperate Conspiracy Theory About James Talarico Goes Up In Flames ForbesForbes Forbes, Oct 12, 2:02 PM ET: Talarico Dismisses Conspiracy Theories After Campaign Absence CNNCNN CNN, Oct 12, 2:02 PM ET: Analysis by Aaron Blake MAGA watches another conspiracy theory blow up in its face HuffPostHuffPost HuffPost, Oct 12, 10:02 PM ET: MAGA Conspiracy Theory Flops In Spectacular Fashion: 'Such S**t Work, Bro' Yahoo NewsYahoo News Yahoo News, Oct 13, 12:02 AM ET: MAGA watches another conspiracy theory blow up in its face The Daily BeastThe Daily Beast The Daily Beast, Oct 13, 7:02 AM ET: MAGA Conspiracy Theory on Dem Star Takes Devastating New Hit 📺 TV CNN, 8:10 PM ET: “[IT'S WILD": TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORY ON HIS HEALTH CNN, 8:10 PM ET: “[IT'S WILD": TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORY ON HIS HEALTH CNN, 8:11 PM ET: “[IT'S WILD": TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORY ON HIS HEALTH CNN, 8:11 PM ET: “[IT'S WILD": TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORY ON HIS HEALTH Fox News, 8:27 PM ET: TALARICO'S BACK IN THE SADDLE Fox News, 8:28 PM ET: TALARICO'S BACK IN THE SADDLE CNN, 9:47 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:47 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:48 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:49 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:49 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:50 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:50 PM ET: TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT CAMPAIGN ABSENCE CNN, 9:51 PM ET: TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT CAMPAIGN ABSENCE CNN, 9:51 PM ET: TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT CAMPAIGN ABSENCE CNN, 9:52 PM ET: TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT CAMPAIGN ABSENCE CNN, 9:52 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:53 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:53 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 9:54 PM ET: MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 10:42 PM ET: FAR RIGHT CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT TALARICO FALL APART CNN, 10:47 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:48 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:48 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:48 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:49 PM ET: MAGA PROMOTES FALSE RUMOR THAT TALARICO WAS IN OHIO CNN, 10:49 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:49 PM ET: MAGA PROMOTES FALSE RUMOR THAT TALARICO WAS IN OHIO CNN, 10:49 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED. Ravi Gupta | Host, "Majority 54" CNN, 10:50 PM ET: MAGA PROMOTES FALSE RUMOR THAT TALARICO WAS IN OHIO CNN, 10:50 PM ET: MAGA PROMOTES FALSE RUMOR THAT TALARICO WAS IN OHIO CNN, 10:51 PM ET: MAGA PROMOTES FALSE RUMOR THAT TALARICO WAS IN OHIO CNN, 10:51 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:51 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:51 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:52 PM ET: MAGA PROMOTES FALSE RUMOR THAT TALARICO WAS IN OHIO CNN, 10:52 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:53 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:53 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:53 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:53 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED. Ravi Gupta | Host, "Majority 54" CNN, 10:54 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 10:54 PM ET: MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 11:14 PM ET: TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE CNN, 11:14 PM ET: TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE CNN, 11:15 PM ET: TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE CNN, 11:15 PM ET: TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE CNN, 11:16 PM ET: TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE CNN, 11:16 PM ET: TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE CNN, 11:17 PM ET: TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE CNN, 11:17 PM ET: TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE Fox News, 11:35 PM ET: TALARICO SAYS FLU CAUSED TWO WEEK ABSENCE Fox News, 11:36 PM ET: TALARICO SAYS FLU CAUSED TWO WEEK ABSENCE Fox News, 11:37 PM ET: TALARICO SAYS FLU CAUSED TWO WEEK ABSENCE CNN, 11:39 PM ET: MUSK AMPLIFIES BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT TALARICO CNN, 11:40 PM ET: MUSK AMPLIFIES BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT TALARICO CNN, 12:15 AM ET: TALARICO DISMISSES THEORIES ABOUT ABSENCE CNN, 12:39 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 12:39 AM ET: TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORY ON HIS HEALTH CNN, 12:40 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 12:41 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 12:41 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 12:42 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 12:42 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 12:44 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 12:44 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 12:45 AM ET: TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU Fox News, 1:27 AM ET: TALARICO'S BACK IN THE SADDLE Fox News, 1:28 AM ET: TALARICO'S BACK IN THE SADDLE 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.
Every outlet's first headline (10), left to right by AllSides rating
MAGA Conspiracy Theory Flops In Spectacular Fashion: 'Such S**t Work, Bro' Oct 12, 10 PM ET The Right’s Desperate Conspiracy Theory About James Talarico Goes Up In Flames Oct 12, 2 PM ET MAGA Conspiracy Theory on Dem Star Takes Devastating New Hit Oct 13, 7 AM ET Analysis by Aaron Blake MAGA watches another conspiracy theory blow up in its face Oct 12, 2 PM ET James Talarico Explains His Campaign Trail Absence In Midst of MAGA Conspiracy Theories Oct 11, 8 PM ET MAGA watches another conspiracy theory blow up in its face Oct 13, 12 AM ET Talarico Dismisses Conspiracy Theories After Campaign Absence Oct 12, 2 PM ET Talarico returns to campaign trail Oct 12, 1 PM ET James Talarico Edges Out Ken Paxton in Poll as He Returns to Campaign Trail Oct 10, 8 PM ET He’s Alive! Talarico Reappears After 12-Day Absence from Campaign Trail Oct 12, 11 AM ET
📡 Broadcast TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
TALARICO RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER RECOVERING FROM FLU CNN, 7 min MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT JAMES TALARICO IMPLODES CNN, 7 min MAGA'S LATEST CONSPIRACY BLOWS UP AS RUMOR DEBUNKED CNN, 7 min TALARICO BACK ON TRAIL, SLAMS GOP'S "LIES" ABOUT HIS ABSENCE CNN, 5 min MAGA PROMOTES FALSE RUMOR THAT TALARICO WAS IN OHIO CNN, 4 min TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT CAMPAIGN ABSENCE CNN, 3 min “[IT'S WILD": TALARICO DISMISSES CONSPIRACY THEORY ON HIS HEALTH CNN, 2 min MUSK AMPLIFIES BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT TALARICO CNN, 2 min
🧶 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: James Talarico MAGA Aaron Blake
🧵 Persistence the running story it belongs to
HuffPost
MAGA Conspiracy Theory Flops In Spectacular Fashion: 'Such S**t Work, Bro' Oct 12, 10 PM ET
Rolling Stone
The Right’s Desperate Conspiracy Theory About James Talarico Goes Up In Flames Oct 12, 2 PM ET
The Daily Beast
MAGA Conspiracy Theory on Dem Star Takes Devastating New Hit Oct 13, 7 AM ET
CNN
Analysis by Aaron Blake MAGA watches another conspiracy theory blow up in its face Oct 12, 2 PM ET
Mediaite
James Talarico Explains His Campaign Trail Absence In Midst of MAGA Conspiracy Theories Oct 11, 8 PM ET
Yahoo News
MAGA watches another conspiracy theory blow up in its face Oct 13, 12 AM ET
Forbes
Talarico Dismisses Conspiracy Theories After Campaign Absence Oct 12, 2 PM ET
News Nation
Talarico returns to campaign trail Oct 12, 1 PM ET
Newsweek
James Talarico Edges Out Ken Paxton in Poll as He Returns to Campaign Trail Oct 10, 8 PM ET
Breitbart
He’s Alive! Talarico Reappears After 12-Day Absence from Campaign Trail Oct 12, 11 AM ET