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Ken Paxton attended Dubai party with U.S. fugitives
Oct 13, 7 PM ET to Oct 14, 12 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
📰 7 outlets carried it ⚖️ 🫏4 · 1 · 1🐘 left · center · right ⏱️ 17 hours on the front pages 📈 7 front pages at once, at its peak 📺 30 min of TV captions 🧶 14 people retold it online
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📰 Spread the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
Oct 13, 9 PM Oct 14 3 AM 6 AM 9 AM 12 PM 4 7 left center right not rated Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 13, 7 PM to Oct 14, 12 PM ET (peak 7), by the outlets' lean:
Oct 13 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM Oct 14 6 AM 12 PM WSJThe Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal, Oct 12, 9:02 PM ET: Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race HuffPostHuffPost HuffPost, Oct 12, 11:02 PM ET: Paxton Reportedly Partied With Fugitives In Dubai Ahead Of Senate Race MediaiteMediaite Mediaite, Oct 12, 11:02 PM ET: Ken Paxton Reportedly Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Wanted in U.S. Washington ExaminerWashington Examiner Washington Examiner, Oct 13, 12:02 AM ET: Ken Paxton attended 2025 Dubai New Year’s party with US fugitives: Report The New RepublicThe New Republic The New Republic, Oct 13, 12:02 PM ET: Leaked Video Shows Ken Paxton Partying With U.S. Fugitives in Dubai MSNBCMSNBC MSNBC, Oct 13, 7:02 PM ET: WSJ: Ken Paxton partied with two fugitives in Dubai Crooks and LiarsCrooks and Liars Crooks and Liars, Oct 14, 8:02 AM ET: New Video Shows Paxton Partying In Dubai With Fugitives And Mistress 📺 TV CNN, 8:51 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 8:55 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 8:56 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 8:56 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 8:56 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 8:57 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 8:58 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 9:49 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH GIRLFRIEND & TWO FUGITIVES CNN, 9:50 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH GIRLFRIEND & TWO FUGITIVES CNN, 9:51 PM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH GIRLFRIEND & TWO FUGITIVES CNN, 10:21 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:22 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:22 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:22 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:23 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:23 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:24 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:24 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:24 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 10:25 PM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 11:00 PM ET: Is Ken Paxton invited to the town hall? CNN, 2:50 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 2:51 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 2:55 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 2:56 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 2:56 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 2:57 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 2:58 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 3:20 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:21 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:21 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:22 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:22 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:22 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:22 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:23 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:23 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:23 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 3:24 AM ET: WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES MSNOW, 4:35 AM ET: KEN PARTON'S SCANDALS PILE UP AHEAD OF ELECTION DAY CNN, 4:51 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 4:55 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 4:56 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 4:56 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 4:57 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 4:58 AM ET: WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN Fox News, 7:03 AM ET: PAXTON PUSHES BACK ON PARTY VIDEO AS TALARICO DEFENDS TRAIL ABSENCE CNN, 8:04 AM ET: NEW POLL: TEXAS SENATE RACE TIGHT, TALARICO 47%, PAXTON 45% CNN, 8:05 AM ET: NEW POLL: TEXAS SENATE RACE TIGHT, TALARICO 47%, PAXTON 45% CNN, 8:37 AM ET: TIGHT SENATE RACE BETWEEN GOP'S PAXTON & DEM TALARICO IN TEXAS CNN, 8:38 AM ET: TIGHT SENATE RACE BETWEEN GOP'S PAXTON & DEM TALARICO IN TEXAS CNN, 8:38 AM ET: TIGHT SENATE RACE BETWEEN GOP'S PAXTON & DEM TALARICO IN TEXAS CNN, 8:38 AM ET: TIGHT SENATE RACE BETWEEN GOP'S PAXTON & DEM TALARICO IN TEXAS CNN, 8:39 AM ET: TIGHT SENATE RACE BETWEEN GOP'S PAXTON & DEM TALARICO IN TEXAS CNN, 8:39 AM ET: TIGHT SENATE RACE BETWEEN GOP'S PAXTON & DEM TALARICO IN TEXAS CNN, 8:39 AM ET: TIGHT SENATE RACE BETWEEN GOP'S PAXTON & DEM TALARICO IN TEXAS CNN, 12:06 PM ET: NEW POLL: TALARICO SUPPORTERS REPORT STRONGER SUPPORT THAN PAXTON BACKERS 🧶 online 🧶found retold online (the day's report) 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 (7), left to right by AllSides rating
📡 Broadcast TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
CNN 29 min
Fox News 20 s
MSNOW 19 s
WSJ: GOP'S PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH U.S. FUGITIVES CNN, 11 min WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED WITH FUGITIVES IN DUBAI BEFORE SENATE RUN CNN, 11 min TIGHT SENATE RACE BETWEEN GOP'S PAXTON & DEM TALARICO IN TEXAS CNN, 3 min WSJ: PAXTON PARTIED IN DUBAI WITH GIRLFRIEND & TWO FUGITIVES CNN, 88 s NEW POLL: TEXAS SENATE RACE TIGHT, TALARICO 47%, PAXTON 45% CNN, 83 s Is Ken Paxton invited to the town hall? CNN, 50 s PAXTON PUSHES BACK ON PARTY VIDEO AS TALARICO DEFENDS TRAIL ABSENCE Fox News, 20 s KEN PARTON'S SCANDALS PILE UP AHEAD OF ELECTION DAY MSNOW, 19 s
🧶 Retelling what people online made of it
Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with his mistress and two fugitives who had donated to his campaign. Oct 14: told by 14 people; told before on Oct 13
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 155 likes, 63 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 2 likes, 1 reposts
On Folklore : the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ names in it: Ken Paxton Dubai Texas WSJ Senate
🔎 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.
HuffPost
Paxton Reportedly Partied With Fugitives In Dubai Ahead Of Senate Race Oct 12, 11 PM ET
MSNBC
WSJ: Ken Paxton partied with two fugitives in Dubai Oct 13, 7 PM ET
The New Republic
Leaked Video Shows Ken Paxton Partying With U.S. Fugitives in Dubai Oct 13, 12 PM ET
Mediaite
Ken Paxton Reportedly Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Wanted in U.S. Oct 12, 11 PM ET
WSJ
Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race Oct 12, 9 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Ken Paxton attended 2025 Dubai New Year’s party with US fugitives: Report Oct 13, 12 AM ET
Crooks and Liars
New Video Shows Paxton Partying In Dubai With Fugitives And Mistress Oct 14, 8 AM ET