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Abdul El-Sayed confronts voter over Muslim Brotherhood question

Oct 18, 6 PM ET to Oct 19, 7 PM ET

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  1. Oct 18, 6 PM ETfirst on a front page: News Nation
  2. Oct 18, 8 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
  3. Oct 19, 12 AM ETpeak: on 11 front pages
  4. Oct 19, 9 AM ETretold online by 6 people

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Oct 1812 PMOct 1912 PMThe American Specta…The American SpectatorThe American Spectator, Oct 16, 1:00 AM ET: Abdul El-Sayed: A Muslim Brotherhood Puppet and a Grave National Security ThreatNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 16, 8:00 AM ET: El-Sayed a Grave Security ThreatMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Oct 18, 7:00 AM ET: Abdul El-Sayed Compares Himself to JFK Amid Questions on Muslim Brotherhood Ties...NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Oct 18, 11:00 AM ET: Abdul El-Sayed Clashes With Voter On Muslim Brotherhood QuestionBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 18, 3:00 PM ET: …Compares Himself to JFK to Claim It’s ‘Crazy’ to Assume He Has ‘Dual Loyalties’…Breitbart, Oct 18, 3:00 PM ET: …Rogers: El-Sayed ‘Has a Long History of Supporting the Muslim Brotherhood’The Post MillennialThe Post MillennialThe Post Millennial, Oct 18, 4:00 PM ET: El-Sayed refuses to disavow Muslim Brotherhood, insults voter for askingFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Oct 18, 5:00 PM ET: Abdul El-Sayed invokes JFK to dismiss 'crazy' questions over family's alleged ties to Muslim BrotherhoodFox News, Oct 19, 7:00 PM ET: El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood controversy divides the hosts of 'The View'News NationNews NationNews Nation, Oct 18, 6:00 PM ET: Abdul El-Sayed confronts question about Muslim Brotherhood in viral exchangeNews Nation, Oct 19, 11:00 AM ET: Abdul El-Sayed confronts Muslim Brotherhood question in viral exchangePJ MediaPJ MediaPJ Media, Oct 18, 7:00 PM ET: El-Sayed’s Family Claims, JFK Defense, and Scientific Past Under FireHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 18, 8:00 PM ET: Abdul El-Sayed Shuts Down 'Muslim Brotherhood' Heckler With Pointed History LessonThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 19, 12:00 AM ET: El-Sayed’s past views on the Muslim Brotherhood raise serious concernsThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New Republic, Oct 19, 11:00 AM ET: MAGA Operative Behind Muslim Brotherhood Question to Abdul El-SayedTownhallTownhallTownhall, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Abdul El-Sayed Lectures Event Attendee After He Dared to Ask Him to Disavow the Muslim Brotherhood Dmitri BoltTownhall, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Abdul El-Sayed Lectures Event Attendee After He Dared to Ask Him to Disavow the Muslim Brotherhood📺 TVCNN, 8:03 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:03 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 8:03 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 8:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 8:05 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:05 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 8:05 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 8:05 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 8:07 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:07 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:07 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:08 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, RAISES IMPLICATIONS OF "DUAL LOYALTY"CNN, 8:08 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:09 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 8:09 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS. David Axelrod | @CNN Chief Political AnalystCNN, 8:09 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 8:09 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, RAISES IMPLICATIONS OF "DUAL LOYALTY"CNN, 8:10 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:10 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:10 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, RAISES IMPLICATIONS OF "DUAL LOYALTY"CNN, 8:10 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:11 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:11 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 8:15 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 8:16 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 8:17 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 8:17 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS. David Axelrod | @CNN Chief Political AnalystCNN, 8:18 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 9:01 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 9:02 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 9:02 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 9:03 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 9:03 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 9:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 9:05 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 9:06 PM ET: VANCE CHALLENGES EL-SAYED TO OFFER "SOLUTION" FOR IRAN CONFLICTCNN, 9:07 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 9:07 PM ET: VANCE CHALLENGES EL-SAYED TO OFFER "SOLUTION" FOR IRAN CONFLICTCNN, 9:08 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 9:12 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 10:03 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:03 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 10:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 10:05 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:05 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 10:05 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Abdul El-Sayed | (D) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 10:05 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 10:07 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:07 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:07 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:08 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, RAISES IMPLICATIONS OF "DUAL LOYALTY"CNN, 10:08 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:08 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, SLAVIS IMPLICATIONS OF DUAL LOYALTYCNN, 10:09 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 10:09 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS. David Axelrod | @CNN Chief Political AnalystCNN, 10:09 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, SLAVIS IMPLICATIONS OF DUAL LOYALTYCNN, 10:10 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:10 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:10 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, RAISES IMPLICATIONS OF "DUAL LOYALTY"CNN, 10:10 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:11 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:11 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 10:15 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 10:16 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 10:17 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 10:17 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS. David Axelrod | @WN Chief Political AnalystCNN, 10:18 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 11:02 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 11:02 PM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS. Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 11:03 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 11:04 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 11:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 11:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 11:04 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 11:05 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 11:06 PM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 11:08 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 11:09 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 11:13 PM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 11:18 PM ET: DEMOCRATS SEIZE ON CORRUPTION AS TOP MIDTERM ISSUE. Sen. Raphael Warnock | (D) GeorgiaCNN, 12:03 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:04 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:04 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 12:04 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 12:05 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:05 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:06 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:06 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:06 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Abdul El-Sayed | (D) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 12:06 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:07 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:07 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:08 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:08 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:08 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:09 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, RAISES IMPLICATIONS OF "DUAL LOYALTY"CNN, 12:09 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:10 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:10 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:10 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS. David Axelrod | @CNN Chief Political AnalystCNN, 12:10 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:10 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, SLAVIS IMPLICATIONS OF DUAL LOYALTYCNN, 12:11 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:11 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:11 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:11 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:12 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:12 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 12:16 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:17 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:18 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 12:18 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS. David Axelrod | @WN Chief Political AnalystCNN, 12:19 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 1:02 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKSCNN, 1:02 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS. Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 1:03 AM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 1:04 AM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 1:04 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 1:04 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 1:05 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 1:06 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD"CNN, 1:08 AM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 1:09 AM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACECNN, 1:13 AM ET: ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACEFox News, 2:36 AM ET: DEMOCRATS SUPPORTING EL-SAYEDCNN, 3:45 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TAKES BITTER TURN FOR ROGERS & EL-SAYEDCNN, 3:46 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TAKES BITTER TURN FOR ROGERS & EL-SAYEDCNN, 3:46 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TAKES BITTER TURN FOR ROGERS & EL-SAYEDCNN, 3:46 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TAKES BITTER TURN FOR ROGERS & EL-SAYEDCNN, 3:47 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TAKES BITTER TURN FOR ROGERS & EL-SAYEDCNN, 3:47 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TAKES BITTER TURN FOR ROGERS & EL-SAYEDCNN, 3:47 AM ET: MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TAKES BITTER TURN FOR ROGERS & EL-SAYEDFox News, 5:05 AM ET: EL-SAYED COMPARES HIS CRITICISM TO SCRUTINY OF JFKFox News, 5:06 AM ET: AOC PRESSED ON EL-SAYED FAMILY'S ALLEGED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESCNN, 5:23 AM ET: Rogers: El-Sayed’s "Relationship With The Muslim Brotherhood” Is The IssueCNN, 5:24 AM ET: Muslim BrotherhoodFox News, 6:05 AM ET: TROUBLING TIES. EL-SAYED CONFIRMS SISTER-IN-LAW WAS ON TERROR WATCHLISTFox News, 6:05 AM ET: EL-SAYED: SISTER-IN-LAW "DID NOTHING WRONG"Fox News, 6:05 AM ET: OBAMA TO CAMPAIGN FOR EL-SAYED THIS WEEKENDFox News, 6:06 AM ET: OBAMA TO CAMPAIGN FOR EL-SAYED THIS WEEKENDFox News, 6:08 AM ET: EL-SAYED TIES HIMSELF TO JFK AS SCRUTINY COUNTDOWN GROWS OVER ALLEGED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESFox News, 6:09 AM ET: EL-SAYED TIES HIMSELF TO JFK AS SCRUTINY COUNTDOWN GROWS OVER ALLEGED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESFox News, 6:09 AM ET: EL-SAYED TIES HIMSELF TO JFK AS SCRUTINY COUNTDOWN GROWS OVER ALLEGED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESFox News, 6:11 AM ET: DOWN IN THE RACE FOR MICHIGAN T. POLLS SHOW EL-SAYED & ROGERS NECK-AND-NECK IN SEN RACE | B MIDTERMSCNN, 6:18 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES TO END WAR WITH WAR POWERS SENATE VOTECNN, 6:18 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES TO END WAR WITH WAR POWERS SENATE VOTE. Abdul El-Sayed | (D) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 6:18 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES TO END WAR WITH WAR POWERS SENATE VOTECNN, 6:18 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES TO END WAR WITH WAR POWERS SENATE VOTECNN, 6:19 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES TO END WAR WITH WAR POWERS SENATE VOTECNN, 6:19 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES TO END WAR WITH WAR POWERS SENATE VOTECNN, 6:19 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES TO END WAR WITH WAR POWERS SENATE VOTECNN, 6:39 AM ET: CAN EL-SAYED WIN OVER BLACK VOTERS IN DETROIT?. Abdul El-Sayed | (D) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 6:39 AM ET: CAN EL-SAYED WIN OVER BLACK VOTERS IN DETROIT?CNN, 6:40 AM ET: CAN EL-SAYED WIN OVER BLACK VOTERS IN DETROIT?CNN, 6:40 AM ET: CAN EL-SAYED WIN OVER BLACK VOTERS IN DETROIT?CNN, 6:41 AM ET: CAN EL-SAYED WIN OVER BLACK VOTERS IN DETROIT?CNN, 6:41 AM ET: CAN EL-SAYED WIN OVER BLACK VOTERS IN DETROIT?CNN, 6:45 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 6:46 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 6:46 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 6:47 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 6:47 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 6:47 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 6:48 AM ET: ROGERS: EL-SAYED CRITICISM IS ABOUT "IDEOLOGY" NOT MUSLIM FAITH. Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 6:48 AM ET: ROGERS: EL-SAYED CRITICISM IS ABOUT "IDEOLOGY" NOT MUSLIM FAITHCNN, 6:48 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 6:48 AM ET: ROGERS: EL-SAYED CRITICISM IS ABOUT "IDEOLOGY" NOT MUSLIM FAITHCNN, 6:49 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 6:49 AM ET: ROGERS: EL-SAYED CRITICISM IS ABOUT "IDEOLOGY" NOT MUSLIM FAITHCNN, 6:49 AM ET: ROGERS: EL-SAYED CRITICISM IS ABOUT "IDEOLOGY" NOT MUSLIM FAITHCNN, 6:49 AM ET: ROGERS: EL-SAYED CRITICISM IS ABOUT "IDEOLOGY" NOT MUSLIM FAITHCNN, 6:50 AM ET: TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODFox News, 7:01 AM ET: DEM DOUBLES DOWNCNN, 7:05 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN VIRAL TOWN HALL EXCHANGECNN, 7:06 AM ET: EL-SAYED: NO OTHER "HIGHER ORDER" THAN CONSTITUTION. Stef Kight | Political Reporter, AxiosCNN, 7:06 AM ET: EL-SAYED: NO OTHER "HIGHER ORDER" THAN CONSTITUTIONCNN, 7:06 AM ET: EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN VIRAL TOWN HALL EXCHANGECNN, 7:06 AM ET: EL-SAYED CRITICIZES IMPLICATIONS AFTER DISAVOWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. Abdul El-Sayed | (D) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 7:07 AM ET: EL-SAYED CRITICIZES IMPLICATIONS AFTER DISAVOWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. Stef Kight | Political Reporter, AxiosCNN, 7:07 AM ET: EL-SAYED CRITICIZES QUESTION THAT LED TO VIRAL EXCHANGE, SAYS IT IMPLIED HE HAS DUAL LOYALTIESCNN, 7:07 AM ET: EL-SAYED CRITICIZES IMPLICATIONS AFTER DISAVOWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOODFox News, 7:30 AM ET: EL-SAYED LIKENS SCRUTINY HE FACES TO JFK, OBAMAFox News, 7:31 AM ET: ABDUL EL-SAYED ADMITS OBAMA ADMIN PUT HISFox News, 8:05 AM ET: TROUBLING TIES. EL-SAYED CONFIRMS SISTER-IN-LAW WAS ON TERROR WATCHLISTFox News, 8:05 AM ET: OBAMA TO CAMPAIGN FOR EL-SAYED THIS WEEKENDFox News, 8:05 AM ET: AOC: EL-SAYED & MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CONCERNS ARE "RACIST"Fox News, 8:05 AM ET: EL-SAYED: SISTER-IN-LAW "DID NOTHING WRONG"Fox News, 8:06 AM ET: EL-SAYED TIES HIMSELF TO JFK AS SCRUTINY COUNTDOWN GROWS OVER ALLEGED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESFox News, 8:06 AM ET: OBAMA TO CAMPAIGN FOR EL-SAYED THIS WEEKENDFox News, 8:07 AM ET: TROUBLING TIES. EL-SAYED CONFIRMS SISTER-IN-LAW WAS ON TERROR WATCHLISTFox News, 8:09 AM ET: OBAMA TO CAMPAIGN WITH EL-SAYED IN MI THIS WEEKENDFox News, 9:01 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES BACK ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESFox News, 9:02 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES BACK ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESFox News, 9:04 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES BACK ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESFox News, 9:07 AM ET: EL-SAYED PUSHES BACK ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESFox News, 9:08 AM ET: EL-SAYED GETS DEFENSIVE WHEN PRESSED ON DISAVOWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOODFox News, 9:09 AM ET: EL-SAYED GETS DEFENSIVE WHEN PRESSED ON DISAVOWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOODFox News, 9:09 AM ET: EL-SAYED GETS DEFENSIVE WHEN PRESSED ON DISAVOWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOODFox News, 9:10 AM ET: EL-SAYED GETS DEFENSIVE WHEN PRESSED ON DISAVOWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOODFox News, 9:10 AM ET: EL-SAYED GETS DEFENSIVE WHEN PRESSED ON DISAVOWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOODFox News, 10:37 AM ET: EL: SAYED SAYS GOP USING HIS FAITH AS A DISTRACTIONCNN, 12:36 PM ET: REPUBLICANS ACCUSE EL-SAYED OF HAVING TIES TO MUSLIM TERRORISTS. Abdul El-Sayed | (D) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 12:36 PM ET: ROGERS ACCUSES EL-SAYED OF SUPPORTING MUSLIM BROTHERHOODCNN, 12:36 PM ET: EL-SAYED ON GOP ATTACKS: "THIS IS WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE NO ACTUAL MESSAGE ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES"CNN, 12:36 PM ET: ROGERS ACCUSES EL-SAYED OF SUPPORTING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate CandidateCNN, 12:37 PM ET: EL-SAYED ON GOP ATTACKS: "THIS IS WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE NO ACTUAL MESSAGE ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES"CNN, 12:38 PM ET: REPUBLICANS ACCUSE EL-SAYED OF HAVING TIES TO MUSLIM TERRORISTSCNN, 12:38 PM ET: EL-SAYED ON GOP ATTACKS: "THIS IS WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE NO ACTUAL MESSAGE ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES"CNN, 12:39 PM ET: EL-SAYED ON GOP ATTACKS: "THIS IS WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE NO ACTUAL MESSAGE ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES"CNN, 12:40 PM ET: EL-SAYED ON GOP ATTACKS: "THIS IS WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE NO ACTUAL MESSAGE ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES"🧶 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.

💬 quoted: “Has a Long History of Supporting the Muslim Brotherhood” 2 “The View” “crazy” “Muslim Brotherhood”

✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Breitbart (2 wordings): “…Compares Himself to JFK to Claim It’s ‘Crazy’ to Assume He Has ‘Dual Loyalties’…” → “…Rogers: El-Sayed ‘Has a Long History of Supporting the Muslim Brotherhood’”
  • Fox News (2 wordings): “Abdul El-Sayed invokes JFK to dismiss 'crazy' questions over family's alleged ties to Muslim Brotherhood” → “El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood controversy divides the hosts of 'The View'”
  • News Nation (2 wordings): “Abdul El-Sayed confronts question about Muslim Brotherhood in viral exchange” → “Abdul El-Sayed confronts Muslim Brotherhood question in viral exchange”
  • Townhall (2 wordings): “Abdul El-Sayed Lectures Event Attendee After He Dared to Ask Him to Disavow the Muslim Brotherhood Dmitri Bolt” → “Abdul El-Sayed Lectures Event Attendee After He Dared to Ask Him to Disavow the Muslim Brotherhood”
Every outlet's first headline (13), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN105 min
Fox News9 min
  • EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD" CNN, 27 min
  • MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TURNS TENSE AS EL-SAYED, ROGERS TRADE ATTACKS CNN, 20 min
  • ONE-ON-ONE WITH MICHIGAN'S ABDUL EL-SAYED AMID TIGHT SENATE RACE CNN, 10 min
  • EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; GOP CALLS ANSWER "WORD SALAD". Mike Rogers | (R) Michigan Senate Candidate CNN, 5 min
  • TENSE MOMENT: EL-SAYED AGAIN DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CNN, 5 min
  • MICHIGAN SENATE RACE TAKES BITTER TURN FOR ROGERS & EL-SAYED CNN, 4 min
  • EL-SAYED DISAVOWS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, RAISES IMPLICATIONS OF "DUAL LOYALTY" CNN, 4 min
  • EL-SAYED ON GOP ATTACKS: "THIS IS WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE NO ACTUAL MESSAGE ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES" CNN, 4 min

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🧶 Retelling

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🧶 Retold online

  • Donald Trump is falsely accusing Abdul El-Sayed of being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Oct 19: told by 6 people

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: Abdul El-Sayed Muslim Brotherhood JFK

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🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Abdul El-Sayed Muslim Brotherhood controversy

  1. Abdul El-Sayed denies family ties to Muslim Brotherhood after relative's admission

    Oct 12, 9 PM ET

  2. Abdul El-Sayed confronts voter over Muslim Brotherhood question (this story)

    Oct 18, 6 PM ET

  3. Senator's sister-in-law on terror watch list

    Oct 19, 2 PM ET