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🗞️ Story file #413

Cornell suspends fraternity parties amid sexual assault investigation

Oct 13, 2 PM ET to Oct 13, 6 PM ET

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  1. Oct 13, 2 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
  2. Oct 13, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
  3. Oct 13, 4 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  4. Oct 13, 6 PM ETpeak: on 23 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 13, 3 PM4 PM5 PM6 PM1223leftcenterright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 13, 2 PM to Oct 13, 6 PM ET (peak 23), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right
Oct 13, 2 PM3 PM4 PM5 PM6 PMThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell bans frat parties and adds sexual assault investigators after gang-rape allegationsBBCBBCBBC, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell bans all fraternity parties over gang sex assault allegationsNews NationNews NationNews Nation, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell bans fraternity events after rape allegationsNews Nation, Oct 13, 5:02 PM ET: Cornell University bans fraternity events after rape allegationsUSA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell bans fraternity parties for remainder of academic year in wake of sexual assault lawsuitUSA Today, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell temporarily suspends fraternity events in wake of Jane Doe caseScripps NewsScripps NewsScripps News, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: U.S. News Cornell suspends fraternity parties amid sexual assault investigation AP via Scripps News GroupNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell bans all frat parties as campus makes sweeping changes after alleged gang rapeAPAPAP, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell suspends fraternity parties for rest of academic year amid sexual assault controversy - AP NewsAP, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell suspends fraternity parties for rest of academic year amid sexual assault controversyNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell Bans Fraternity Parties and Adds Sexual Assault InvestigatorsWSJThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell Suspends Fraternity Parties in Wake of Rape AllegationsHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 13, 2:02 PM ET: Cornell Suspends Fraternity Parties After Shocking Gang Rape AllegationThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 13, 3:02 PM ET: Cornell suspends fraternity parties amid backlash over alleged sexual assaultABC NewsABC NewsABC News, Oct 13, 3:02 PM ET: Following gang rape allegations, Cornell suspends frat parties for remainder of yearNBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Oct 13, 3:02 PM ET: Cornell bans fraternity parties for the rest of the academic year amid sexual assault probeNBC News, Oct 13, 4:02 PM ET: Cornell bans fraternity parties through the academic year amid investigation into alleged assaultJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 13, 3:02 PM ET: Cornell suspends frat parties, at Ivy League campus roiled by resurfaced, 2024 sexual assault caseThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 13, 4:02 PM ET: Cornell announces suspension of all frat parties amid Jane Doe lawsuitTimeTimeTime, Oct 13, 4:02 PM ET: Cornell Halts Fraternity Parties After Jane Doe’s LawsuitNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 13, 4:02 PM ET: Cornell Halts Parties, Taps Police in Assault ProbeNewsmax, Oct 13, 6:02 PM ET: Cornell Halts Frat Parties, Taps Police in Assault ProbeNPRNPRNPR, Oct 13, 4:02 PM ET: Cornell University bans frat parties, vows to address 'disturbing' campus cultureNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Oct 13, 4:02 PM ET: Cornell University Bans Frat Parties After Campus Rape AllegationsFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Oct 13, 5:02 PM ET: Cornell axes all frat parties for rest of year after Jane Doe lawsuit rocks campusThe Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post, Oct 13, 5:02 PM ET: Cornell bans fraternity houses from hosting parties as rape investigation continuesThe Daily CallerThe Daily CallerThe Daily Caller, Oct 13, 5:02 PM ET: Cornell Bans All Fraternity Parties For The Rest Of Academic YearThe Daily WireThe Daily WireThe Daily Wire, Oct 13, 6:02 PM ET: Cornell Bans Frat Parties As Gang Rape Case Rocks Campus📺 TVBBC News, 2:01 PM ET: Cornell rape allegationsBBC News, 2:18 PM ET: Cornell bans frat parties after rape allegationsBBC News, 2:19 PM ET: Cornell bans frat parties after rape allegationsBBC News, 3:23 PM ET: Cornell bans frat parties after rape allegationsBBC News, 3:30 PM ET: Cornell rape allegationsCNN, 3:48 PM ET: CORNELL SUSPENDS ALL FRATERNITY SOCIAL EVENTS, ADDS CIVIL RIGHTS STAFFCNN, 3:49 PM ET: CORNELL SUSPENDS ALL FRATERNITY SOCIAL EVENTS, ADDS CIVIL RIGHTS STAFFFox News, 4:34 PM ET: NEW TEXT MESSAGES IN THE CORNELL CASEFox News, 4:34 PM ET: NEW DETAILS IN THE CORNELL CASEFox News, 4:35 PM ET: NEW TEXT MESSAGES IN THE CORNELL CASEFox News, 4:36 PM ET: RPT: CA HS FOOTBALL TEAM FORFEITS GAME AS STUDENTS ATTACK CAPTAIN OVER CORNELL POSTFox News, 4:36 PM ET: RPT: CA STUDENTS STAGE WALKOUT OVER FOOTBALL CAPTAIN'S CORNELL POSTFox News, 4:37 PM ET: NEW DETAILS IN —. CORNELL CASE DRAWS NATIONWIDE ATTENTIONBBC News, 4:42 PM ET: Cornell bans frat parties after rape allegations📻 radioNPR News Now, Oct 13, 4:10 PM ET: the lead
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.

📌 linked by aggregators: Drudge Report Google News

💬 quoted: “disturbing”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 rocks campus

✏️ 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • AP (2 wordings): “Cornell suspends fraternity parties for rest of academic year amid sexual assault controversy - AP News” → “Cornell suspends fraternity parties for rest of academic year amid sexual assault controversy”
  • NBC News (2 wordings): “Cornell bans fraternity parties for the rest of the academic year amid sexual assault probe” → “Cornell bans fraternity parties through the academic year amid investigation into alleged assault”
  • News Nation (2 wordings): “Cornell bans fraternity events after rape allegations” → “Cornell University bans fraternity events after rape allegations”
  • Newsmax (2 wordings): “Cornell Halts Parties, Taps Police in Assault Probe” → “Cornell Halts Frat Parties, Taps Police in Assault Probe”
  • USA Today (2 wordings): “Cornell bans fraternity parties for remainder of academic year in wake of sexual assault lawsuit” → “Cornell temporarily suspends fraternity events in wake of Jane Doe case”
Every outlet's first headline (23), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News3 min
Fox News2 min
CNN71 s
  • Cornell bans frat parties after rape allegations BBC News, 2 min
  • CORNELL SUSPENDS ALL FRATERNITY SOCIAL EVENTS, ADDS CIVIL RIGHTS STAFF CNN, 71 s
  • Cornell rape allegations BBC News, 59 s
  • NEW DETAILS IN —. CORNELL CASE DRAWS NATIONWIDE ATTENTION Fox News, 46 s
  • NEW TEXT MESSAGES IN THE CORNELL CASE Fox News, 40 s
  • NEW DETAILS IN THE CORNELL CASE Fox News, 23 s
  • RPT: CA HS FOOTBALL TEAM FORFEITS GAME AS STUDENTS ATTACK CAPTAIN OVER CORNELL POST Fox News, 18 s
  • RPT: CA STUDENTS STAGE WALKOUT OVER FOOTBALL CAPTAIN'S CORNELL POST Fox News, 18 s

📻 On the radio

  • NPR News Now, Oct 13, 4:10 PM ET: the lead

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now

🧶 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: Cornell University Sexual Assault Investigators Campus Gang Rape Allegations

🔎 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.