🗞️ Story file #754
Macron criticizes foreign leaders for 'stupid' comments on French riots
Oct 21, 10 AM ET to Oct 23, 9 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 21outlets carried it
- 🫏6 · 5 · 9🐘left · center · right
- 2 dayson the front pages
- 18front pages at once, at its peak
- 4 minof TV captions
- 1radio newscast
- 10people retold it online
- 11 of 16parts 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 21, 10 AM ETfirst on a front page: CNN
- Oct 21, 5 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
- Oct 22, 8 AM ETretold online by 10 people
- Oct 22, 8 AM ETpeak: on 18 front pages
- Oct 22, 10 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📌 linked by aggregators: Political Wire
💬 quoted: “stupid” 4 “foreign manipulation” “French people.” “The migrants have taken over.” “unacceptable”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 stupid comments
✏️ 7 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Breitbart (3 wordings): “Iran Mocks France After Macron Blames Middle East War for Riots” → “Another Attack on Trump? Macron Angry at 'Stupid' Leaders Talking Migration”
- CNBC (3 wordings): “France protests: Macron condemns 'stupid' comments from Trump, others as bond-market pressure builds” → “France protests: Macron condemns 'stupid' comments from Trump, others as bond market pressure builds”
- Newsmax (4 wordings): “Trump, Vance Blame France's Unrest on Migrants” → “Macron Calls Trump, Vance Comments ’Stupid’”
- Red State (3 wordings): “While France Reels From Riots, Macron's Busy Throwing a Hissy Fit Over Trump's Migrant Remarks Nick Arama” → “Riots While France Reels From Riots, Macron's Busy Throwing a Hissy Fit Over Trump's Migrant Remarks Nick Arama”
- The Guardian (3 wordings): “Macron blasts ‘unacceptable’ and ‘stupid’ commentary on protests from other leaders” → “Macron accuses Trump and other foreign leaders of ‘stupid comments’ about France unrest”
- The Hill (2 wordings): “Macron assails ‘unacceptable and even stupid’ remarks from Trump, others on ...” → “Macron assails ‘unacceptable and even stupid’ remarks from Trump, others on France riots”
- Washington Examiner (2 wordings): “Macron slams Trump for ‘stupid’ comments about French riots and warns public of ‘foreign manipulation’” → “Macron slams Trump for ‘stupid’ comments about French riots”
Every outlet's first headline (21), left to right by AllSides rating
The Guardian
Macron blasts ‘unacceptable’ and ‘stupid’ commentary on protests from other leaders Oct 21, 7 AM ET
CNBC
France protests: Macron condemns 'stupid' comments from Trump, others as bond-market pressure builds Oct 22, 8 AM ET
CNN
Macron slams ‘stupid comments’ from world leaders after Trump blames France unrest on migrants Oct 21, 10 AM ET
NBC News
Macron blasts ‘stupid’ claims by Trump and others blaming Muslim migrants for French riots Oct 21, 10 AM ET
New York Times
Macron Says Trump Does Not Like France and Distorts Its Troubles Oct 21, 12 PM ET
USA Today
'Stupid': Macron criticizes Trump for blaming French riots on migrants Oct 21, 6 PM ET
BBC
Macron accuses foreign leaders of exploiting French riots Oct 21, 11 AM ET
Bloomberg
Macron Accuses Foreign Leaders of Exploiting France’s Riots Oct 21, 8 AM ET- Financial Times Macron hits out at ‘stupid’ Trump remarks about riots in France Oct 21, 10 AM ET
Reuters
France's Macron vows order, calls foreign criticism of unrest 'stupid' Oct 21, 12 PM ET
The Hill
Macron assails ‘unacceptable and even stupid’ remarks from Trump, others on ... Oct 21, 1 PM ET
The Epoch Times
Trump, Vance Blame Mass Immigration for Paris Riots Oct 19, 4 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Macron slams Trump for ‘stupid’ comments about French riots and warns public of ‘foreign manipulation’ Oct 21, 12 PM ET
Breitbart
Iran Mocks France After Macron Blames Middle East War for Riots Oct 19, 7 PM ET
Fox News
Macron under fire after pointing to US-Iran war as factor in France riots Oct 19, 7 PM ET
IJR
Macron condemns foreign leaders’ remarks on France unrest Oct 21, 10 AM ET
Newsmax
Trump, Vance Blame France's Unrest on Migrants Oct 20, 9 PM ET
Red State
While France Reels From Riots, Macron's Busy Throwing a Hissy Fit Over Trump's Migrant Remarks Nick Arama Oct 21, 5 PM ET
The Blaze
Macron watched France burn — then blamed the 'French people.' Trump: 'The migrants have taken over.' Oct 19, 11 AM ET
Townhall
France Is in Chaos, and Emmanuel Macron Is Pointing the Finger at President Trump Oct 19, 1 PM ET
The Washington Sun
Trump Blamed Muslim Migrants for the French Riots. Macron Says That's 'Stupid.' Oct 21, 11 AM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- Macron calls foreign criticism of France unrest 'stupid' BBC News, 51 s
- MACRON TRUMP'S REMARKS ON FRENCH RIOTS "STUPID" Fox News, 47 s
- MACRON VOWS TO PREVENT MORE RIOTS Fox News, 43 s
- MACRON: IF YOU SQUINT, IT'S A PARADE Fox News, 42 s
- MACRON WARNS AGAINST REPEAT OF WEEKEND VIOLENCE Fox News, 37 s
- MACRON SLAMS FOREIGN LEADERS OVER RIOT COMMENTS Fox News, 18 s
- MACRON PUSHES BACK. FRENCH PRESIDENT SLAMS CRITICS OVER RIOTS Fox News, 16 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 10:10 AM ET: the lead
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧶 Retold online
- Emmanuel Macron accused Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu of making stupid comments about French riots to exploit them for their own political gain. Oct 22: told by 10 people
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