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🗞️ Story file #695

Rubio tells Zelensky U.S. not deliberately denying Ukraine intelligence or weapons

Oct 20, 12 PM ET to Oct 20, 8 PM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean

👣 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 20, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: Just the News
  2. Oct 20, 12 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
  3. Oct 20, 3 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  4. Oct 20, 4 PM ETpeak: on 11 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 20, 2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM611leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 20, 12 PM to Oct 20, 8 PM ET (peak 11), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 20, 10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PMAxiosAxiosAxios, Oct 20, 9:00 AM ET: Trump isn't out to hurt Ukraine, Rubio tells ZelenskyReutersReutersReuters, Oct 20, 9:00 AM ET: Rubio says Ukraine interceptors may not have been delivered, but not for political reasonsHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 20, 9:00 AM ET: Rubio Denies Any ‘Deliberate’ Order By U.S. To Harm Ukraine By Withholding Intelligence, SuppliesNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 20, 10:00 AM ET: Rubio: Ukraine Interceptors Delays Not PoliticalNewsmax, Oct 20, 3:00 PM ET: Rubio: Ukraine Interceptors Delays Not Politically MotivatedNewsmax, Oct 20, 6:00 PM ET: Rubio to Zelenskyy: US Not Purposely Denying Ukraine AidJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 20, 12:00 PM ET: Zelensky, Rubio attempt to deescalate growing U.S.-Ukraine tensionsJust the News, Oct 20, 1:00 PM ET: Zelensky, Rubio attempt to deescalate growing tension between Ukraine, TrumpNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 20, 12:00 PM ET: Trump hasn’t denied anything ‘deliberately’ to Ukraine, Rubio tells ZelenskyThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 20, 12:00 PM ET: Rubio Says Ukraine Isn’t Being ‘Deliberately Denied’ Intelligence or WeaponsWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Oct 20, 12:00 PM ET: Rubio defends delayed Patriot shipments to Ukraine: ‘We have our own needs too’TownhallTownhallTownhall, Oct 20, 2:00 PM ET: 'No Such Changes' Were Ordered to Hurt Ukrainian Intelligence Sharing, Rubio ExplainsTownhall, Oct 20, 3:00 PM ET: 'No Such Changes' Were Ordered to Hurt Ukrainian Intelligence Sharing, Rubio Explains Cameron ArcandPunchbowl NewsPunchbowl NewsPunchbowl News, Oct 20, 3:00 PM ET: Marco Rubio denies US shift on Ukraine premium Foreign PolicyThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 20, 4:00 PM ET: Rubio rejects allegations Trump is trying to harm Ukraine by cutting off intel📺 TVBBC News, 12:05 PM ET: Rubio insists 'nothing denied' to UkraineBBC News, 12:06 PM ET: Rubio insists 'nothing denied' to UkraineBBC News, 12:07 PM ET: Rubio insists 'nothing denied' to UkraineCNN, 1:14 PM ET: ZELENSKY TALKS WITH RUBIO AS RIFT WITH TRUMP WIDENSBBC News, 1:18 PM ET: Zelensky: Hoping to speak with Rubio soonBBC News, 1:19 PM ET: Zelensky: Hoping to speak with Rubio soonCNN, 1:22 PM ET: RUBIO DENIES U.S. STOPPED SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH UKRAINECNN, 1:22 PM ET: RUBIO DENIES U.S. STOPPED SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH UKRAINEBBC News, 1:22 PM ET: Zelensky: Hoping to speak with Rubio soonBBC News, 1:24 PM ET: Zelensky: Hoping to speak with Rubio soonBBC News, 1:25 PM ET: Zelensky: Hoping to speak with Rubio soonBBC News, 2:09 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 2:10 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 2:13 PM ET: Zelensky 'ready for negotiations' after US envoy talksBBC News, 2:13 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 2:14 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 2:14 PM ET: Zelensky 'ready for negotiations' after US envoy talksBBC News, 2:15 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 3:02 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 3:03 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 3:04 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 3:05 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 3:10 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'BBC News, 3:10 PM ET: Rubio insists 'nothing denied' to UkraineBBC News, 3:11 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'CNN, 3:13 PM ET: UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY SAYS "INTELLIGENCE SHARING WORKS NOW"CNN, 3:13 PM ET: UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY SAYS "INTELLIGENCE SHARING WORKS NOW"BBC News, 3:12 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'CNN, 3:14 PM ET: UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY SAYS "INTELLIGENCE SHARING WORKS NOW"CNN, 3:14 PM ET: UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY SAYS "INTELLIGENCE SHARING WORKS NOW"CNN, 3:14 PM ET: UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY SAYS "INTELLIGENCE SHARING WORKS NOW"BBC News, 3:13 PM ET: Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now'CNN, 3:15 PM ET: UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY SAYS "INTELLIGENCE SHARING WORKS NOW"CNN, 3:15 PM ET: UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY SAYS "INTELLIGENCE SHARING WORKS NOW"MSNOW, 4:24 PM ET: TRUMP LASHES OUT AT UKRAINE WHILE HELPBBC News, 5:06 PM ET: US denies limiting intelligence-sharing with UkraineCNN, 5:36 PM ET: ZELENSKY SAYS HE DISCUSSED PATRIOT MISSILES WITH RUBIOCNN, 6:19 PM ET: RUBIO'S HUMANITARIAN AID CLAIMCNN, 6:25 PM ET: AID CHIEF SLAMS RUBIQ'S “GARBAGE” CLAIM ABOUT U.S. HUMANITARIAN AIDCNN, 6:25 PM ET: AID CHIEF SLAMS RUBIQ'S “GARBAGE” CLAIM ABOUT U.S. HUMANITARIAN AIDCNN, 6:26 PM ET: AID CHIEF SLAMS RUBIQ'S “GARBAGE” CLAIM ABOUT U.S. HUMANITARIAN AIDCNN, 6:26 PM ET: AID CHIEF SLAMS RUBIQ'S “GARBAGE” CLAIM ABOUT U.S. HUMANITARIAN AIDCNN, 6:27 PM ET: AID CHIEF SLAMS RUBIQ'S “GARBAGE” CLAIM ABOUT U.S. HUMANITARIAN AIDCNN, 6:27 PM ET: AID CHIEF SLAMS RUBIQ'S “GARBAGE” CLAIM ABOUT U.S. HUMANITARIAN AIDFox News, 6:57 PM ET: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE. LATEST ON U.S.-UKRAINE TALKSFox News, 6:57 PM ET: BRIDGING THE DIVIDEFox News, 6:58 PM ET: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE. LATEST ON U.S.-UKRAINE TALKSFox News, 6:58 PM ET: BRIDGING THE DIVIDEFox News, 6:59 PM ET: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE. LATEST ON U.S.-UKRAINE TALKSFox News, 6:59 PM ET: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE📻 radioABC News Update, Oct 20, 5:32 PM ET: the leadNPR News Now, Oct 20, 5:10 PM ET: story 2 of 8ABC News Update, Oct 20, 4:32 PM ET: story 3 of 4NPR News Now, Oct 20, 3:10 PM ET: story 3 of 7
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: “Deliberately Denied” 2 “Deliberate” “No Such Changes” “We have our own needs too”

✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Just the News (2 wordings): “Zelensky, Rubio attempt to deescalate growing U.S.-Ukraine tensions” → “Zelensky, Rubio attempt to deescalate growing tension between Ukraine, Trump”
  • Newsmax (3 wordings): “Rubio: Ukraine Interceptors Delays Not Political” → “Rubio to Zelenskyy: US Not Purposely Denying Ukraine Aid”
  • Townhall (2 wordings): “'No Such Changes' Were Ordered to Hurt Ukrainian Intelligence Sharing, Rubio Explains” → “'No Such Changes' Were Ordered to Hurt Ukrainian Intelligence Sharing, Rubio Explains Cameron Arcand”
Every outlet's first headline (11), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News16 min
CNN9 min
Fox News3 min
MSNOW10 s
  • Zelensky: Intelligence sharing on strikes 'works now' BBC News, 8 min
  • AID CHIEF SLAMS RUBIQ'S “GARBAGE” CLAIM ABOUT U.S. HUMANITARIAN AID CNN, 4 min
  • Zelensky: Hoping to speak with Rubio soon BBC News, 4 min
  • UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY SAYS "INTELLIGENCE SHARING WORKS NOW" CNN, 3 min
  • Rubio insists 'nothing denied' to Ukraine BBC News, 3 min
  • BRIDGING THE DIVIDE. LATEST ON U.S.-UKRAINE TALKS Fox News, 82 s
  • BRIDGING THE DIVIDE Fox News, 82 s
  • Zelensky 'ready for negotiations' after US envoy talks BBC News, 71 s

📻 On the radio

  • ABC News Update, Oct 20, 5:32 PM ET: the lead
  • NPR News Now, Oct 20, 5:10 PM ET: story 2 of 8
  • ABC News Update, Oct 20, 4:32 PM ET: story 3 of 4
  • NPR News Now, Oct 20, 3:10 PM ET: story 3 of 7

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🧶 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: Donald Trump Mario Rubio Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Ukraine Interceptors

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Ukraine-Rubio-Zelensky tensions

  1. Ukraine says US intelligence sharing resumes after pause

    Oct 18, 7 PM ET

  2. Rubio tells Zelensky U.S. not deliberately denying Ukraine intelligence or weapons (this story)

    Oct 20, 12 PM ET