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🗞️ Story file #452

Saudi airport closure extended after Houthi strikes

Oct 14, 7 AM ET to Oct 14, 7 AM ET

👣 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.

  1. Oct 14, 7 AM ETpeak: on 7 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 13, 12 PM6 PMOct 146 AMAPAPAP, Oct 11, 6:02 PM ET: Saudi airport passenger terminal is struck again, a day after 12 were killedStraight Arrow NewsStraight Arrow NewsStraight Arrow News, Oct 11, 8:02 PM ET: Riyadh airport faces another attack one day after a strike that killed 13, injured hundredsThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 12, 8:02 AM ET: Saudi Arabia further suspends flights after latest deadly Houthi attack on airportIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Oct 12, 9:02 AM ET: Riyadh Airport Reportedly Extends Shutdown After 12 KilledHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 12, 10:02 AM ET: Skies Over Saudi Capital Empty After Deadly Houthi Airport StrikesBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 12, 6:02 PM ET: Houthi Attack on Saudi Airport Kills 14, Airlines Halt Flights to RiyadhThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 13, 1:02 PM ET: Saudi Arabia Extends Riyadh Airport Closure After Deadly Houthi Strikes
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.

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 riyadh airport

Every outlet's first headline (7), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ Breaking Points 🎙️ The Intelligence (Economist) 🎙️ Reuters World News 🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast

🧶 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: Saudi Arabia Houthi Riyadh Riyadh Airport Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defense

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

  1. Yemeni forces retake Bab el-Mandeb Strait

    Oct 5, 3 PM ET

  2. Houthis attack Saudi oil facility near Riyadh

    Oct 4, 2 PM ET

  3. Houthi rebels strike Saudi airport; Trump considers U.S. involvement

    Oct 10, 6 PM ET

  4. Delta delays Saudi flights after Riyadh airport attacks

    Oct 13, 4 PM ET

  5. Trump warns Houthis over saudi attacks

    Oct 14, 12 AM ET

  6. Saudi airport closure extended after Houthi strikes (this story)

    Oct 14, 7 AM ET

  7. Houthis attack Saudi airports and oil facilities

    Oct 15, 9 AM ET

  8. Saudi Arabia launches new strikes against Houthi targets

    Oct 15, 8 PM ET

  9. Houthi attacks continue despite Saudi military efforts

    Oct 15, 6 AM ET

  10. Houthi missiles strike Yemeni presidential palace, killing two

    Oct 4, 11 AM ET

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