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Justice Alito expresses concerns about efforts to intimidate the court

Oct 4, 4 PM ET to Oct 6, 6 PM ET Ā· 1 outlet not rated for lean

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  1. Oct 4, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: Breitbart
  2. Oct 5, 2 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  3. Oct 5, 8 AM ETretold online by 7 people
  4. Oct 5, 12 PM ETpeak: on 15 front pages

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Oct 512 PMOct 612 PM815leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 4, 4 PM to Oct 6, 6 PM ET (peak 15), by the outlets' lean: left Ā· center Ā· right Ā· not rated
Oct 412 PMOct 512 PMOct 612 PMForbesForbesForbes, Oct 2, 5:03 PM ET: Conservative Justice Alito Says Trump’s ā€˜Harsh’ Attacks Are ā€˜Damaging’ To Supreme CourtTownhallTownhallTownhall, Oct 3, 8:38 AM ET: Justice Samuel Alito Thinks He Knows Who Leaked the Landmark Dobbs OpinionThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 4, 12:01 AM ET: Alito Defends Dobbs Majority, Says Threats to Justices Are ā€˜Quite Disturbing’MediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Oct 4, 12:00 PM ET: Justice Alito Calls Out ā€˜Concerted Effort to Intimidate the Court’ — Shortly After Fox Anchor Confronts Him on Trump’s Attacks Against His ColleaguesMediaite, Oct 4, 5:00 PM ET: Justice Alito Says He Has a Hunch Who Leaked the Dobbs ReportNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 4, 12:00 PM ET: Alito Worries About Future of Supreme CourtThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 4, 1:00 PM ET: Alito on Trump’s praise of him, criticism of fellow justices: ā€˜I put all of that out of my mind’The Hill, Oct 5, 3:00 PM ET: Alito says he has hunch who leaked Dobbs decisionThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 4, 2:00 PM ET: Alito says he knows who leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. WadeWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Oct 4, 3:00 PM ET: Samuel Alito warns ā€˜concerted’ effort to intimidate Supreme Court threatens its futureWashington Examiner, Oct 4, 7:00 PM ET: Alito warns ā€˜concerted’ effort to intimidate court threatens futureThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 4, 3:00 PM ET: Alito Defends Justices Against a ā€˜Concerted Effort to Intimidate the Court’BreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 4, 4:00 PM ET: Alito Sounds Alarm over Efforts to ā€˜Intimidate the Court’Breitbart, Oct 4, 6:00 PM ET: Alito: I'm 'Concerned' About Concerted Efforts to 'Intimidate the Court'Breitbart, Oct 4, 7:00 PM ET: Justice Alito: I’m ā€˜Concerned’ About Concerted Efforts to ā€˜Intimidate the Court’The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 4, 5:00 PM ET: Justice Alito shares worry ā€˜about the future of the court’ amid Trump’s rhetoricRed StateRed StateRed State, Oct 4, 7:00 PM ET: Justice Alito Has an Opinion on Who the Dobbs Leaker Is and About Efforts to Intimidate the CourtRed State, Oct 4, 8:00 PM ET: Justice Alito Has an Opinion on Who the Dobbs Leaker Is and About Efforts to Intimidate the Court Nick AramaRed State, Oct 4, 10:00 PM ET: Justice Samuel Alito Justice Alito Has an Opinion on Who the Dobbs Leaker Is and About Efforts to Intimidate the Court Nick AramaThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Oct 4, 9:00 PM ET: WATCH: Alito Says He Has an Idea About Who Leaked Opinion That Overturned Roe v. Wade, but the Evidence is Not Strong Enough to Name ThemNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Oct 4, 11:00 PM ET: Samuel Alito Warns of ā€˜Concerted Effort’ to Intimidate Supreme CourtJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 5, 12:00 PM ET: Justice Alito thinks he knows who leaked Dobbs decisionChicago TribuneChicago TribuneChicago Tribune, Oct 6, 9:00 AM ET: Justice Samuel Alito says Supreme Court can’t stem increase in emergency appealsPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHour, Oct 6, 11:00 AM ET: Alito says Supreme Court can't stem rise of emergency appeals, 'not pleased' with Trump's rhetoricšŸ“ŗ TVCNN, 2:00 PM ET: COURT CONTROVERSYFox News, 2:29 AM ET: U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICEFox News, 8:19 AM ET: JUSTICE ALITO ON IMPACT OF DOBBS LEAKFox News, 8:19 AM ET: JUSTICE ALITO ON IMPACT OF DOBBS LEAKFox News, 10:01 AM ET: ALITO RECUSES HIMSELF FROM CLIMATE CHANGE LAWSUITFox News, 11:18 AM ET: POLITICAL VIOLENCE FEARS AMID SCOTUS NEW TERMFox News, 11:20 AM ET: POLITICAL VIOLENCE FEARS AMID SCOTUS NEW TERM🧶 online🧶found retold online (the day's report)
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šŸ’¬ quoted: ā€œConcerted Effort to Intimidate the Courtā€ 2 ā€œConcernedā€ ā€œabout the future of the courtā€ ā€œnot pleasedā€

šŸ—£ļø only one side says: šŸ« trump's rhetoric 🐘 roe v wade

āœļø 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Breitbart (3 wordings): ā€œAlito Sounds Alarm over Efforts to ā€˜Intimidate the Courtā€™ā€ → ā€œJustice Alito: I’m ā€˜Concerned’ About Concerted Efforts to ā€˜Intimidate the Courtā€™ā€
  • Mediaite (2 wordings): ā€œJustice Alito Calls Out ā€˜Concerted Effort to Intimidate the Court’ — Shortly After Fox Anchor Confronts Him on Trump’s Attacks Against His Colleaguesā€ → ā€œJustice Alito Says He Has a Hunch Who Leaked the Dobbs Reportā€
  • Red State (3 wordings): ā€œJustice Alito Has an Opinion on Who the Dobbs Leaker Is and About Efforts to Intimidate the Courtā€ → ā€œJustice Samuel Alito Justice Alito Has an Opinion on Who the Dobbs Leaker Is and About Efforts to Intimidate the Court Nick Aramaā€
  • The Hill (2 wordings): ā€œAlito on Trump’s praise of him, criticism of fellow justices: ā€˜I put all of that out of my mindā€™ā€ → ā€œAlito says he has hunch who leaked Dobbs decisionā€
  • Washington Examiner (2 wordings): ā€œSamuel Alito warns ā€˜concerted’ effort to intimidate Supreme Court threatens its futureā€ → ā€œAlito warns ā€˜concerted’ effort to intimidate court threatens futureā€
Every outlet's first headline (17), left to right by AllSides rating

šŸ“” Broadcast

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šŸ“ŗ On TV

Fox News77 s
CNN12 s
  • JUSTICE ALITO ON IMPACT OF DOBBS LEAK Fox News, 24 s
  • POLITICAL VIOLENCE FEARS AMID SCOTUS NEW TERM Fox News, 24 s
  • U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE Fox News, 16 s
  • ALITO RECUSES HIMSELF FROM CLIMATE CHANGE LAWSUIT Fox News, 13 s
  • COURT CONTROVERSY CNN, 12 s

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šŸ—£ļø names in it: Samuel Alito Supreme Court Donald Trump Dobbs Report Justice Department

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🧵 Persistence

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🧵 Alito leaks and retirement

  1. Supreme Court justice Alito considers retirement

    Oct 3, 1 PM ET

  2. Justice Alito expresses concerns about efforts to intimidate the court (this story)

    Oct 4, 4 PM ET