BND - Australian lawmaker loses leg in double car ramming attack

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Australian lawmaker loses leg in double car ramming attack

Oct 19, 6 AM ET to Oct 20, 8 PM ET

19outlets carried it
🫏9 · 4 · 6🐘left · center · right
1.6 dayson the front pages
17front pages at once, at its peak
63 minof TV captions
3radio newscasts
21people retold it online
2 of 2parts of a saga

👣 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.

Oct 19, 6 AM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 19, 6 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Oct 19, 9 AM ETretold online by 21 people
Oct 20, 12 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 20, 8 AM ETpeak: on 17 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 19, 6 AM to Oct 20, 8 PM ET (peak 17), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

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.

📡 wire copy: 2 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (HuffPost, Newsmax)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “targeted” 2 “Attack” “deliberate act” “rammed her with car” “reversed to hit her 2nd time in car ram attack” 2 “no accident,” “ATTACKER REVEALED” “Attacker who rammed MP with car is identified”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 driver charged 🫏 intentionally injuring australian federal lawmaker 🫏 targeted attack 🐘 prime minister

✏️ 12 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (3 wordings): “An Australian lawmaker is critical but stable after being hit by a car, the prime minister says” → “Driver charged with intentionally injuring Australian federal lawmaker”
BBC (11 wordings): “What we know about apparent attack on Australian MP hit by car” → “Man charged with attack on Australia MP to face court”
CNN (2 wordings): “PM: Australian lawmaker hit by car in ‘deliberate act’” → “Driver charged with ramming Australian lawmaker with car in ‘targeted’ attack”
HuffPost (3 wordings): “Australian Lawmaker Critically Injured In Car Attack, Police Say” → “Driver Charged With Intentionally Injuring Australian Federal Lawmaker”
New York Post (3 wordings): “Australian politician critically injured after being struck by car outside her office” → “Australian politician loses leg after crazed man rammed car into her twice”
Newsmax (4 wordings): “Police Say a Car Has Hit an Australian Lawmaker, Critically Injuring Her; the Driver Was Arrested” → “An Australian Lawmaker Is Critical but Stable after Being Hit by a Car, the Prime Minister Says”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Breaking Helen Haines ‘Attack’: Australia MP Hit by Car, in Critical Condition” → “Helen Haines ‘Attack’: Australia MP Hit by Car, in Critical Condition”
Reuters (5 wordings): “Australian lawmaker Helen Haines in critical condition after vehicle attack” → “Australian lawmaker loses leg after being rammed twice in vehicle attack - Reuters”
The Epoch Times (3 wordings): “Australian MP Critically Injured in Car Attack, Counter-Terror Agencies Investigating” → “Australian MP Loses Leg After Double-Ramming Attack”
The Guardian (4 wordings): “Independent MP Helen Haines in critical condition after ‘attack’ outside Wangaratta office, PM says” → “Man facing three charges over alleged attack on Australian MP”
The Sun (4 wordings): “CRASH HORROR MP in critical condition after being hit by car in 'targeted attack'” → “SHOCK ATTACK Fears MP will lose second leg after left-wing activist ‘rammed her with car’”
Townhall (2 wordings): “Independent Australian MP Fighting for Her Life After Attack by Far-Left Activist Amy Curtis” → “Domestic Terrorism Independent Australian MP Fighting for Her Life After Attack by Far-Left Activist Amy Curtis”

Every outlet's first headline (19), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Australian Lawmaker Critically Injured In Car Attack, Police Say Oct 19, 5 AM ET
The Guardian Independent MP Helen Haines in critical condition after ‘attack’ outside Wangaratta office, PM says Oct 19, 6 AM ET
AP An Australian lawmaker is critical but stable after being hit by a car, the prime minister says Oct 20, 4 AM ET
CBS News Man charged in "targeted" attack on Australian lawmaker Helen Haines Oct 20, 10 AM ET
CNN PM: Australian lawmaker hit by car in ‘deliberate act’ Oct 19, 1 PM ET
NBC News Lawmaker reportedly loses leg as car ramming stuns Australia Oct 20, 8 AM ET
PBS NewsHour Australian lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident,' prime minister says Oct 19, 8 AM ET
The Independent Man arrested after Australian lawmaker seriously injured in suspected attac Oct 19, 9 AM ET
Yahoo News Australian lawmaker critically injured after being deliberately hit by car Oct 19, 8 AM ET
BBC What we know about apparent attack on Australian MP hit by car Oct 19, 9 AM ET
Bloomberg Australian Lawmaker Critically Injured in Suspected Attack Oct 19, 6 AM ET
Newsweek Breaking Helen Haines ‘Attack’: Australia MP Hit by Car, in Critical Condition Oct 19, 6 AM ET
Reuters Australian lawmaker Helen Haines in critical condition after vehicle attack Oct 19, 6 AM ET
The Epoch Times Australian MP Critically Injured in Car Attack, Counter-Terror Agencies Investigating Oct 19, 9 AM ET
The Sun CRASH HORROR MP in critical condition after being hit by car in 'targeted attack' Oct 19, 6 AM ET
Washington Examiner Australian lawmaker struck by SUV in what prime minister called a ‘deliberate act’ Oct 19, 11 AM ET
New York Post Australian politician critically injured after being struck by car outside her office Oct 19, 5 AM ET
Newsmax Police Say a Car Has Hit an Australian Lawmaker, Critically Injuring Her; the Driver Was Arrested Oct 19, 6 AM ET
Townhall Independent Australian MP Fighting for Her Life After Attack by Far-Left Activist Amy Curtis Oct 20, 2 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News62 min

MSNOW18 s

Shock across Australia after MP hit by car BBC News, 15 min
Australian MP critically injured in 'attack' BBC News, 11 min
Man charged after Australian MP hit by car BBC News, 7 min
Australian MP critically injured in vehicle 'attack' BBC News, 5 min
Australian MP in critical condition after apparent car attack BBC News, 4 min
Incident 'shakes all of us', says Australian PM BBC News, 3 min
Australia PM: suspect did U-turn to hit MP Helen Haines BBC News, 3 min
Australian MP 'attacked' BBC News, 3 min

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 20, 3:10 PM ET: story 5 of 7
NPR News Now, Oct 20, 5:09 AM ET: story 2 of 2
NPR News Now, Oct 20, 12:09 AM ET: story 3 of 4

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

Helen Haines was the victim of a targeted attack. Oct 19: told by 21 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 23 likes, 1 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 6 likes, 0 reposts

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

🗣️ names in it: Australia Helen Haines Police

what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

🧵 Australian lawmaker leg attack

Attacker identified after car rammed MP
Oct 20, 12 PM ET
Australian lawmaker loses leg in double car ramming attack (this story)
Oct 19, 6 AM ET

Australian lawmaker loses leg in double car ramming attack

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🧵 Australian lawmaker leg attack