🗞️ Story file #777
Federal agents conduct door-to-door checks for noncitizen voters
Oct 21, 5 PM ET to Oct 22, 8 PM ET
📰 9 outlets carried it ⚖️ 🫏5 · 1 · 3🐘 left · center · right ⏱️ 1.1 days on the front pages 📈 9 front pages at once, at its peak 📺 18 min of TV captions 🔎 1 fact-check
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Oct 21, 6 PM Oct 22 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM 4 9 left center right Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 21, 5 PM to Oct 22, 8 PM ET (peak 9), by the outlets' lean:
Oct 21, 12 PM 6 PM Oct 22 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM CBS NewsCBS News CBS News, Oct 21, 7:00 AM ET: Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters CBS News, Oct 21, 9:00 PM ET: Armed agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters... Yahoo NewsYahoo News Yahoo News, Oct 21, 10:00 AM ET: DHS agents knock on doors to check voter eligibility, raising intimidation concerns Just the NewsJust the News Just the News, Oct 21, 10:00 AM ET: Federal agents knocking on doors in several states to root out noncitizens voting: report HuffPostHuffPost HuffPost, Oct 21, 12:00 PM ET: Armed DHS Agents Are Knocking On Doors, Asking Residents About Their Immigration And Voting Status: CBS News The New RepublicThe New Republic The New Republic, Oct 21, 12:00 PM ET: Armed Federal Agents Go Door to Door to Hunt for Noncitizen Voters NewsmaxNewsmax Newsmax, Oct 21, 5:00 PM ET: US Agents in Door-to-Door Hunt for Noncitizen Voters Newsmax, Oct 21, 6:00 PM ET: Agents Visit Homes in Search of Noncitizen Voters Newsmax, Oct 21, 9:00 PM ET: Federal Agents Visit Homes in Search for Suspected Noncitizen Voters The IndependentThe Independent The Independent, Oct 21, 5:00 PM ET: Homeland Security is showing up on doorsteps hoping to find migrants who illegally voted NewsweekNewsweek Newsweek, Oct 21, 7:00 PM ET: Armed Federal Agents Knock on Doors in Search for Noncitizen Voters BreitbartBreitbart Breitbart, Oct 21, 8:00 PM ET: Report: Fed Agents Knock on Doors to Crack Down on Noncitizens Voting Ahead of Midterms Breitbart, Oct 21, 10:00 PM ET: Report: Federal Agents Knock on Doors to Crack Down on Noncitizens Voting 📺 TV CNN, 10:15 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:44 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:48 PM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 10:49 PM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 10:50 PM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 10:50 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:50 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:50 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:51 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:51 PM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 10:52 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:52 PM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 10:52 PM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 10:52 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:52 PM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 10:53 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:53 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:53 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS. Keith Boykin | Author, "Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?" CNN, 10:54 PM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 10:54 PM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:43 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:47 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:48 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:48 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:48 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:49 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:49 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:49 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:49 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:50 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:50 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:50 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:50 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:51 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:51 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:51 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS. Keith Boykin | Author, "Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?" CNN, 3:51 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:52 AM ET: CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 3:52 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 3:53 AM ET: JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT 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.
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 armed federal
✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
Breitbart (2 wordings): “Report: Fed Agents Knock on Doors to Crack Down on Noncitizens Voting Ahead of Midterms” → “Report: Federal Agents Knock on Doors to Crack Down on Noncitizens Voting”CBS News (2 wordings): “Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters” → “Armed agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters...”Newsmax (3 wordings): “US Agents in Door-to-Door Hunt for Noncitizen Voters” → “Federal Agents Visit Homes in Search for Suspected Noncitizen Voters”Every outlet's first headline (9), left to right by AllSides rating
Armed DHS Agents Are Knocking On Doors, Asking Residents About Their Immigration And Voting Status: CBS News Oct 21, 12 PM ET Armed Federal Agents Go Door to Door to Hunt for Noncitizen Voters Oct 21, 12 PM ET Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters Oct 21, 7 AM ET Homeland Security is showing up on doorsteps hoping to find migrants who illegally voted Oct 21, 5 PM ET DHS agents knock on doors to check voter eligibility, raising intimidation concerns Oct 21, 10 AM ET Armed Federal Agents Knock on Doors in Search for Noncitizen Voters Oct 21, 7 PM ET Federal agents knocking on doors in several states to root out noncitizens voting: report Oct 21, 10 AM ET Report: Fed Agents Knock on Doors to Crack Down on Noncitizens Voting Ahead of Midterms Oct 21, 8 PM ET US Agents in Door-to-Door Hunt for Noncitizen Voters Oct 21, 5 PM ET
📡 Broadcast TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
JUDGE HALTS FEDS FROM GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN FRAUD HUNT CNN, 9 min CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS CNN, 9 min CBS: FEDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR NONCITIZEN VOTERS. Keith Boykin | Author, "Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?" CNN, 48 s
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🧩 Voter fraud
⚖️ 1 center show 🐘 1 right show ↔️ its answer: Voter suppression , Solution in search of a problem “Non-citizens are voting in federal elections in large numbers.”
🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Homeland Security DHS CBS News Noncitizen voters Federal agents
🔎 Checking what the fact-checkers looked into
🧵 Persistence the running story it belongs to
🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.
HuffPost
Armed DHS Agents Are Knocking On Doors, Asking Residents About Their Immigration And Voting Status: CBS News Oct 21, 12 PM ET
The New Republic
Armed Federal Agents Go Door to Door to Hunt for Noncitizen Voters Oct 21, 12 PM ET
CBS News
Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters Oct 21, 7 AM ET
The Independent
Homeland Security is showing up on doorsteps hoping to find migrants who illegally voted Oct 21, 5 PM ET
Yahoo News
DHS agents knock on doors to check voter eligibility, raising intimidation concerns Oct 21, 10 AM ET
Newsweek
Armed Federal Agents Knock on Doors in Search for Noncitizen Voters Oct 21, 7 PM ET
Just the News
Federal agents knocking on doors in several states to root out noncitizens voting: report Oct 21, 10 AM ET
Breitbart
Report: Fed Agents Knock on Doors to Crack Down on Noncitizens Voting Ahead of Midterms Oct 21, 8 PM ET
Newsmax
US Agents in Door-to-Door Hunt for Noncitizen Voters Oct 21, 5 PM ET