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Putin proposes trilateral summit with Trump and Xi on Ukraine war
Oct 19, 2 AM ET to Oct 21, 1 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
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Oct 19 12 PM Oct 20 12 PM Oct 21 12 PM BloombergBloomberg Bloomberg, Oct 18, 8:00 PM ET: Putin Proposes Summit with US, China on Ukraine, WSJ Reports Bloomberg, Oct 19, 5:00 PM ET: Trump Open to Putin, Xi Summit But Would Focus on Nukes NewsmaxNewsmax Newsmax, Oct 18, 8:00 PM ET: WSJ: Putin Proposes Summit With Trump, Xi on Ukraine Newsmax, Oct 19, 5:00 PM ET: Trump Weighs Summit With Xi, Putin Amid Disputes Newsmax, Oct 19, 11:00 PM ET: Trump Weighs Summit With Xi, Putin HuffPostHuffPost HuffPost, Oct 18, 9:00 PM ET: Putin Wants To Ice Out Zelenskyy, Hold Peace Talks With Just Trump And Xi: Report ReutersReuters Reuters, Oct 19, 12:00 AM ET: Putin proposes summit with Trump and Xi to discuss Ukraine deal, WSJ says Reuters, Oct 19, 5:00 PM ET: Trump says he is open to joining trilateral meeting with Xi, Putin Reuters, Oct 19, 7:00 PM ET: Trump open to idea of joint meeting with Xi, Putin next month CNBCCNBC CNBC, Oct 19, 12:00 AM ET: Putin reportedly suggests summit with Trump and Xi to decide fate of Ukraine CNBC, Oct 19, 6:00 AM ET: Putin reportedly proposes three-way summit with Trump and Xi on Ukraine war — without Zelenskyy CNBC, Oct 19, 8:00 PM ET: Trump says he'd meet with Putin and Xi, criticizes Zelenskyy ForbesForbes Forbes, Oct 19, 2:00 AM ET: Read More: Putin Reportedly Seeks Summit With Trump And Xi—As Trump Lashes Out At Zelenskyy MediaiteMediaite Mediaite, Oct 19, 7:00 AM ET: Putin Pitches Summit With Trump and Xi — Without Zelensky — to Discuss Ending Ukraine War: Report Just the NewsJust the News Just the News, Oct 19, 8:00 AM ET: Putin proposes meeting with Trump, China's Xi, but not Zelensky, to discuss possible Ukraine deal Red StateRed State Red State, Oct 19, 12:00 PM ET: Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine — Without Zelensky Ward Clark Red State, Oct 19, 3:00 PM ET: Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine — Without Zelensky Military.comMilitary.com Military.com, Oct 19, 12:00 PM ET: Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine War, Leaving Kyiv Outside Talks Read More Military.com, Oct 19, 12:00 PM ET: Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine War, Leaving Kyiv Outside Talks The HillThe Hill The Hill, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Putin proposing summit with Trump, Xi in push to end Ukraine war: WSJ The Hill, Oct 21, 4:00 AM ET: Trump says he would be open to trilateral meeting with Putin, Xi IJRIndependent Journal Review Independent Journal Review, Oct 19, 5:00 PM ET: Putin Floats Trump-Xi Ukraine Summit in Shenzhen AxiosAxios Axios, Oct 19, 5:00 PM ET: Trump open to summit with Xi and Putin — to discuss denuclearization SlateSlate Slate, Oct 19, 6:00 PM ET: Putin’s Proposed Ukraine War Summit Is a Trap for Trump SemaforSemafor Semafor, Oct 19, 7:00 PM ET: Putin floats US-China-Russia summit to end Ukraine war, WSJ reports RFE/RLRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Oct 19, 7:00 PM ET: Trump Again Criticizes Zelenskyy, Says Open To Meeting With Putin And Xi The Washington TimesThe Washington Times The Washington Times, Oct 19, 10:00 PM ET: Putin floats meeting with U.S. and China on ending war in Ukraine The Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times The Epoch Times, Oct 20, 6:00 AM ET: Trump Backs Possible Meeting With Xi and Putin on Nuclear Weapons The Epoch Times, Oct 20, 11:00 AM ET: Trump Backs Possible Meeting With Xi and Putin on Nuclear Weapons; Curfews Help Calm France But More Protests Planned Washington ExaminerWashington Examiner Washington Examiner, Oct 20, 5:00 PM ET: Why Putin wants Xi at the Ukraine negotiating table with Trump Washington Examiner, Oct 20, 5:00 PM ET: Putin wants Xi at the Ukraine negotiating table with Trump. Here’s why 📺 TV Fox News, 3:33 AM ET: RPT: PUTIN FLOATS A SUMMIT WITH TRUMP AND CHINA'S XI TO DISCUSS DEAL TO END WAR WITH UKRAINE CNN, 5:40 AM ET: RUBIO: "TALKS" OF A TRUMP-PUTIN-XI MEETING TO END UKRAINE WAR Fox News, 7:41 AM ET: RPT: PUTIN PROPOSES TRUMP SUMMIT FOR NEXT MONTH CNN, 8:41 AM ET: RUBIO: "TALKS" OF A TRUMP-PUTIN-XI MEETING TO END UKRAINE WAR CNN, 8:42 AM ET: RUBIO: "TALKS" OF A TRUMP-PUTIN-XI MEETING TO END UKRAINE WAR CNN, 8:43 AM ET: RUBIO: "TALKS" OF A TRUMP-PUTIN-XI MEETING TO END UKRAINE WAR Fox News, 10:05 AM ET: WSJ: PUTIN FLOATS UKRAINE TALKS WITH TRUMP AND XI Fox News, 10:06 AM ET: WSJ: PUTIN PROPOSES TRUMP SUMMIT FOR NEXT MONTH CNN, 1:45 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:47 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:47 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:48 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:48 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:49 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:49 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:50 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:50 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR Fox News, 1:50 PM ET: WSJ: PUTIN FLOATS UKRAINE TALKS WITH TRUMP AND XI CNN, 1:51 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:51 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:52 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 1:52 PM ET: OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR BBC News, 3:24 PM ET: Trump says would meet with Putin & Xi on Ukraine BBC News, 3:25 PM ET: Trump says would meet with Putin & Xi on Ukraine CNN, 3:28 PM ET: TRUMP: WOULD HOLD JOINT MEETING WITH PUTIN & XI BBC News, 3:32 PM ET: Trump says ready to meet with Putin and Xi in China BBC News, 3:33 PM ET: Trump says ready to meet with Putin and Xi in China Fox News, 3:54 PM ET: TRUMP & ZELENSKYY AT ODDS OVER RUSSIA SANCTIONS Fox News, 4:46 PM ET: TRUMP ON MEETING WITH XI & PUTIN: I WOULD DO IT CNN, 6:05 PM ET: TRUMP SAYS HE’S OPEN TO MEETING WITH PUTIN, XI MSNOW, 7:01 PM ET: TRUMP WANTS TO BLOCK ZELENSKYY FROM WAR TALKS CNN, 7:24 PM ET: TRUMP: I WOULD MEET WITH PUTIN AND XI ABOUT ENDING WAR WITHOUT ZELENSKY CNN, 7:25 PM ET: TRUMP: I WOULD MEET WITH PUTIN AND XI ABOUT ENDING WAR WITHOUT ZELENSKY CNN, 7:25 PM ET: TRUMP FLOATS PUTIN-XI MEETING AS RELATIONSHIP WITH ZELENSKY CRUMBLES CNN, 7:26 PM ET: TRUMP FLOATS PUTIN-XI MEETING AS RELATIONSHIP WITH ZELENSKY CRUMBLES BBC News, 8:01 PM ET: Trump: 'Time to make a deal' on Ukraine BBC News, 8:03 PM ET: Trump: 'Time to make a deal' on Ukraine Fox News, 11:30 PM ET: TRUMP CALLS ON ZELENSKYY TO SETTLE WAR WITH RUSSIA Fox News, 11:31 PM ET: TRUMP CALLS ON ZELENSKYY TO SETTLE WAR WITH RUSSIA Fox News, 11:31 PM ET: TRUMP: ZELENSKYY "HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE" THE WAR Fox News, 11:32 PM ET: TRUMP: ZELENSKYY "HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE" THE WAR BBC News, 12:04 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 12:05 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 12:06 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 12:07 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 12:08 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 12:09 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war CNN, 12:36 AM ET: TRUMP: UKRAINE HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE THIS WAR CNN, 12:37 AM ET: TRUMP: UKRAINE HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE THIS WAR. Donald Trump | U.S. President CNN, 12:37 AM ET: TRUMP: UKRAINE HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE THIS WAR. Shane Smith | Editor-in-Chief, VICE News CNN, 12:38 AM ET: TRUMP: UKRAINE HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE THIS WAR CNN, 12:38 AM ET: TRUMP: UKRAINE HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE THIS WAR. Shane Smith | Editor-in-Chief, VICE News CNN, 12:39 AM ET: TRUMP: UKRAINE HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE THIS WAR CNN, 12:39 AM ET: TRUMP: UKRAINE HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE THIS WAR BBC News, 1:04 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 1:05 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 1:06 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 1:07 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 2:15 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 4:11 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 4:12 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 4:13 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 5:13 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 5:14 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 6:47 AM ET: Putin proposes meeting Trump in China BBC News, 6:48 AM ET: Putin proposes meeting Trump in China BBC News, 6:49 AM ET: Putin proposes meeting Trump in China BBC News, 7:00 AM ET: Ukraine war talks BBC News, 7:08 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war CNN, 7:10 AM ET: NOW: CRITICAL MEETING WITH PUTIN ON UKRAINE TALKS UNDERWAY BBC News, 7:11 AM ET: Trump: US has gotten 'nothing' from Ukraine BBC News, 7:11 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 7:12 AM ET: Trump: US has gotten 'nothing' from Ukraine BBC News, 7:13 AM ET: Trump: US has gotten 'nothing' from Ukraine CNN, 7:16 AM ET: NOW: CRITICAL MEETING WITH PUTIN ON UKRAINE TALKS UNDERWAY CNN, 7:17 AM ET: NOW: CRITICAL MEETING WITH PUTIN ON UKRAINE TALKS UNDERWAY CNN, 7:18 AM ET: NOW: CRITICAL MEETING WITH PUTIN ON UKRAINE TALKS UNDERWAY BBC News, 7:31 AM ET: Ukraine war talks BBC News, 8:09 AM ET: Trump: US has gotten 'nothing' from Ukraine BBC News, 8:09 AM ET: Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 8:10 AM ET: Trump: US has gotten 'nothing' from Ukraine BBC News, 8:13 AM ET: Trump: US has gotten 'nothing' from Ukraine Fox News, 8:24 AM ET: TRUMP URGES OTHERS TO NEGOTIATE FOR UKRAINE AS TENSIONS RISE MSNOW, 9:08 AM ET: GRAHAM DISAGREES WITH TRUMP ON RUSSIA SANCTIONS MSNOW, 9:08 AM ET: GRAHAM DISAGREES WITH TRUMP ON RUSSIA SANCTIONS MSNOW, 9:09 AM ET: GRAHAM DISAGREES WITH TRUMP ON RUSSIA SANCTIONS MSNOW, 9:09 AM ET: GRAHAM DISAGREES WITH TRUMP ON RUSSIA SANCTIONS MSNOW, 9:09 AM ET: GRAHAM DISAGREES WITH TRUMP ON RUSSIA SANCTIONS MSNOW, 9:10 AM ET: GRAHAM DISAGREES WITH TRUMP ON RUSSIA SANCTIONS BBC News, 9:50 AM ET: Reports Kremlin 'ready' to resume US-Russia-Ukraine talks BBC News, 9:51 AM ET: Reports Kremlin 'ready' to resume US-Russia-Ukraine talks BBC News, 1:23 PM ET: Witkoff urges resumption of three way talks BBC News, 1:38 PM ET: Putin to Witkoff: Russia ready to help end Iran war 📻 radio ABC News Update, Oct 21, 10:32 AM ET: the lead NPR News Now, Oct 21, 3:10 AM ET: story 2 of 7 NPR News Now, Oct 21, 2:09 AM ET: story 2 of 7 ABC News Update, Oct 20, 11:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3 NPR News Now, Oct 20, 11:10 PM ET: the lead NPR News Now, Oct 20, 6:09 PM ET: story 2 of 8 ABC News Update, Oct 20, 5:32 PM ET: story 4 of 7 ABC News Update, Oct 20, 3:32 PM ET: the lead ABC News Update, Oct 20, 6:32 AM ET: story 3 of 4 NPR News Now, Oct 19, 10:10 PM ET: story 2 of 8 NPR News Now, Oct 19, 6:10 PM ET: the lead ABC News Update, Oct 19, 5:32 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
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📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (The Hill)
📌 linked by aggregators: Political Wire Google News Drudge Report
💬 quoted: “Denuclearization”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 trump open
✏️ 9 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
Bloomberg (2 wordings): “Putin Proposes Summit with US, China on Ukraine, WSJ Reports” → “Trump Open to Putin, Xi Summit But Would Focus on Nukes”CNBC (3 wordings): “Putin reportedly suggests summit with Trump and Xi to decide fate of Ukraine” → “Trump says he'd meet with Putin and Xi, criticizes Zelenskyy”Military.com (2 wordings): “Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine War, Leaving Kyiv Outside Talks Read More” → “Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine War, Leaving Kyiv Outside Talks”Newsmax (3 wordings): “WSJ: Putin Proposes Summit With Trump, Xi on Ukraine” → “Trump Weighs Summit With Xi, Putin”Red State (2 wordings): “Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine — Without Zelensky Ward Clark” → “Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine — Without Zelensky”Reuters (3 wordings): “Putin proposes summit with Trump and Xi to discuss Ukraine deal, WSJ says” → “Trump open to idea of joint meeting with Xi, Putin next month”The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Trump Backs Possible Meeting With Xi and Putin on Nuclear Weapons” → “Trump Backs Possible Meeting With Xi and Putin on Nuclear Weapons; Curfews Help Calm France But More Protests Planned”The Hill (2 wordings): “Putin proposing summit with Trump, Xi in push to end Ukraine war: WSJ” → “Trump says he would be open to trilateral meeting with Putin, Xi”Washington Examiner (2 wordings): “Why Putin wants Xi at the Ukraine negotiating table with Trump” → “Putin wants Xi at the Ukraine negotiating table with Trump. Here’s why”
Every outlet's first headline (19), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Putin Wants To Ice Out Zelenskyy, Hold Peace Talks With Just Trump And Xi: Report Oct 18, 9 PM ET
Slate
Putin’s Proposed Ukraine War Summit Is a Trap for Trump Oct 19, 6 PM ET
Axios
Trump open to summit with Xi and Putin — to discuss denuclearization Oct 19, 5 PM ET
CNBC
Putin reportedly suggests summit with Trump and Xi to decide fate of Ukraine Oct 19, 12 AM ET
Mediaite
Putin Pitches Summit With Trump and Xi — Without Zelensky — to Discuss Ending Ukraine War: Report Oct 19, 7 AM ET
Military.com
Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine War, Leaving Kyiv Outside Talks Read More Oct 19, 12 PM ET
Semafor
Putin floats US-China-Russia summit to end Ukraine war, WSJ reports Oct 19, 7 PM ET
Bloomberg
Putin Proposes Summit with US, China on Ukraine, WSJ Reports Oct 18, 8 PM ET
Forbes
Read More: Putin Reportedly Seeks Summit With Trump And Xi—As Trump Lashes Out At Zelenskyy Oct 19, 2 AM ET
Reuters
Putin proposes summit with Trump and Xi to discuss Ukraine deal, WSJ says Oct 19, 12 AM ET
The Hill
Putin proposing summit with Trump, Xi in push to end Ukraine war: WSJ Oct 19, 1 PM ET
Just the News
Putin proposes meeting with Trump, China's Xi, but not Zelensky, to discuss possible Ukraine deal Oct 19, 8 AM ET
The Epoch Times
Trump Backs Possible Meeting With Xi and Putin on Nuclear Weapons Oct 20, 6 AM ET
The Washington Times
Putin floats meeting with U.S. and China on ending war in Ukraine Oct 19, 10 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Why Putin wants Xi at the Ukraine negotiating table with Trump Oct 20, 5 PM ET
IJR
Putin Floats Trump-Xi Ukraine Summit in Shenzhen Oct 19, 5 PM ET
Newsmax
WSJ: Putin Proposes Summit With Trump, Xi on Ukraine Oct 18, 8 PM ET
Red State
Putin Proposes Trump-Xi Summit on Ukraine — Without Zelensky Ward Clark Oct 19, 12 PM ET
RFE/RL
Trump Again Criticizes Zelenskyy, Says Open To Meeting With Putin And Xi Oct 19, 7 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
BBC News 25 min
CNN 21 min
Fox News 4 min
MSNOW 84 s
Trump: Time for Ukraine to end this war BBC News, 10 min OFFICIAL: TRUMP RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PUTIN AND XI OVER UKRAINE WAR CNN, 8 min Trump: US has gotten 'nothing' from Ukraine BBC News, 5 min NOW: CRITICAL MEETING WITH PUTIN ON UKRAINE TALKS UNDERWAY CNN, 2 min Putin proposes meeting Trump in China BBC News, 2 min TRUMP: UKRAINE HAS TO WANT TO SETTLE THIS WAR CNN, 2 min RUBIO: "TALKS" OF A TRUMP-PUTIN-XI MEETING TO END UKRAINE WAR CNN, 2 min Trump says ready to meet with Putin and Xi in China BBC News, 2 min
ABC News Update , Oct 21, 10:32 AM ET: the leadNPR News Now , Oct 21, 3:10 AM ET: story 2 of 7NPR News Now , Oct 21, 2:09 AM ET: story 2 of 7ABC News Update , Oct 20, 11:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3NPR News Now , Oct 20, 11:10 PM ET: the leadNPR News Now , Oct 20, 6:09 PM ET: story 2 of 8ABC News Update , Oct 20, 5:32 PM ET: story 4 of 7ABC News Update , Oct 20, 3:32 PM ET: the leadABC News Update , Oct 20, 6:32 AM ET: story 3 of 4NPR News Now , Oct 19, 10:10 PM ET: story 2 of 8NPR News Now , Oct 19, 6:10 PM ET: the leadABC News Update , Oct 19, 5:32 PM ET: the lead
🧶 Retelling
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🗣️ names in it: China Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Ukraine
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