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🗞️ Story file #44

U.s.-russia talks include oil deal linked to trump allies

Oct 3, 5 PM ET to Oct 4, 12 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

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  1. Oct 3, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: Mediaite
  2. Oct 4, 9 AM ETpeak: on 6 front pages

📰 Spread

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Oct 4, 10 AM11 AM12 PM36leftcenterright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 4, 9 AM to Oct 4, 12 PM ET (peak 6), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right
Oct 3, 12 PM6 PMOct 46 AM12 PMNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Oct 3, 8:38 AM ET: U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesPolitical WirePolitical WirePolitical Wire, Oct 3, 8:38 AM ET: U.S.-Russia Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesGoogle NewsGoogle NewsGoogle News, Oct 3, 10:00 AM ET: U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies - The New York TimesReutersReutersReuters, Oct 3, 11:00 AM ET: US-Russia talks on Ukraine involve multi-billion dollar oil deal, NYT reportsReuters, Oct 3, 9:00 PM ET: US-Russia talks on Ukraine involve multi-billion dollar oil deal, NYT reports - reuters.comNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 3, 11:00 AM ET: Trump Russia-Ukraine Talks Expand Into Sale of Oil AssetsNewsmax, Oct 3, 7:00 PM ET: Putin Links Oil Deal to Ukraine TalksNewsmax, Oct 4, 7:01 AM ET: Putin Says Russia Seeks Ukraine Peace Talks, Backs INSTC ProjectMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Oct 3, 5:00 PM ET: US-Russia Peace Talks Now Include Multi-Billion Dollar Oil Deal Tied to Trump Negotiators: NYTThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 3, 10:00 PM ET: US, Russia talks on Ukraine involve oil deal tied to Kushner, Witkoff: ReportHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 3, 11:01 PM ET: U.S. Talks With Russia To End Ukraine War Now Involve Oil Deal Tied To Trump Allies: NYT
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.
✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Newsmax (3 wordings): “Trump Russia-Ukraine Talks Expand Into Sale of Oil Assets” → “Putin Says Russia Seeks Ukraine Peace Talks, Backs INSTC Project”
  • Reuters (2 wordings): “US-Russia talks on Ukraine involve multi-billion dollar oil deal, NYT reports” → “US-Russia talks on Ukraine involve multi-billion dollar oil deal, NYT reports - reuters.com”
Every outlet's first headline (8), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 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: Russia Ukraine Donald Trump Trump Allies

🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

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🧵 Trump-Russia diesel deal

  1. U.s.-russia talks include oil deal linked to trump allies (this story)

    Oct 3, 5 PM ET

  2. Trump announces diesel deal with Putin

    Oct 9, 4 PM ET