🗞️ Story file #790
Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers clash in final Michigan Senate debate
Oct 21, 9 PM ET to Oct 22, 4 AM ET
- 20outlets carried it
- 🫏8 · 3 · 9🐘left · center · right
- 7 hourson the front pages
- 20front pages at once, at its peak
- 1fact-check
👣 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, 9 PM ETfirst on a front page: Raw Story
- Oct 22, 2 AM ETpeak: on 20 front pages
📰 Spread
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📌 linked by aggregators: Google News
💬 quoted: “Are You for America” “bought” “risk” “Terrorist Groups Overseas?” “What are you implying?”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 kansas senate 🐘 muslim brotherhood
✏️ 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Breitbart (2 wordings): “Mike Rogers Presses El-Sayed in Final Michigan Senate Debate ‘Are You for America’ or ‘Terrorist Groups Overseas?’” → “Rogers to El-Sayed: ‘Are You for America' or 'Terrorist Groups Overseas?'”
- CBS News (2 wordings): “Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers clash in final Michigan Senate debate” → “Candidates clash over Trump policies, Senate control in Kansas debate”
- Fox News (2 wordings): “El-Sayed erupts at GOP rival over Muslim Brotherhood accusations in fiery Senate debate” → “El-Sayed erupts at Rogers over Muslim Brotherhood accusations”
- Red State (2 wordings): “Final Michigan Senate Debate Between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed Promises to Be a Good One” → “Senate Final Michigan Senate Debate Between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed Promises to Be a Good One Duke”
- Yahoo News (3 wordings): “GOP attacks on El-Sayed's Muslim faith come to a head in heated town hall exchange” → “Michigan and Kansas Senate debates expose a Republican divide over Trump”
Every outlet's first headline (20), left to right by AllSides rating
Raw Story
Mike Rogers' debate attack on El-Sayed instantly blows up in his face: 'Shameful! Oct 21, 9 PM ET
The Guardian
‘What are you implying?’: El-Sayed confronts critics head-on as attacks ramp up Oct 21, 7 AM ET
AP
In final Michigan Senate debate, El-Sayed and Rogers question each other’s loyalties Oct 22, 12 AM ET
CBS News
Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers clash in final Michigan Senate debate Oct 21, 10 PM ET
CNN
Fights over loyalty to US, party and Trump dominate Michigan and Kansas Senate debates The debate between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers was bitterly personal and ferociously contested Oct 22, 2 AM ET
NBC News
Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed spar in second Michigan Senate debate Oct 21, 9 PM ET
USA Today
El-Sayed, Rogers trade blows over Iran war in Michigan debate: Recap Oct 21, 9 PM ET
Yahoo News
GOP attacks on El-Sayed's Muslim faith come to a head in heated town hall exchange Oct 20, 10 AM ET
Newsweek
Michigan Senate Polling as Rogers, El-Sayed Head into Second Debate Oct 21, 10 AM ET
Scripps News
America Votes El-Sayed, Rogers debate in closely watched Michigan Senate race Justin Boggs Oct 21, 8 PM ET
The Hill
Kansas, Michigan Senate debates Oct 21, 7 PM ET
Just the News
Abdul El-Sayed slams Rogers over Muslim Brotherhood accusations during Senate debate Oct 21, 10 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Abdul el Sayed, Mike Rogers clash over MAGA, Muslim Brotherhood in final Michigan Senate debate Oct 21, 11 PM ET
Breitbart
Mike Rogers Presses El-Sayed in Final Michigan Senate Debate ‘Are You for America’ or ‘Terrorist Groups Overseas?’ Oct 22, 12 AM ET
Fox News
El-Sayed erupts at GOP rival over Muslim Brotherhood accusations in fiery Senate debate Oct 21, 9 PM ET
New York Post
Rogers says El-Sayed is a national security ‘risk’ who’s ‘bought’ by Muslim Brotherhood in last debate Oct 21, 9 PM ET
Red State
Final Michigan Senate Debate Between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed Promises to Be a Good One Oct 21, 8 PM ET
The Daily Wire
Mike Rogers Breaks Down El-Sayed With Rapid-Fire List Of Lies At Debate Oct 22, 12 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit
BOOM! Mike Rogers Calls Abdul El-Sayed a LIAR to His Face During Debate ‘This is a Pattern’ (VIDEO) Oct 22, 12 AM ET
Townhall
Rogers, El-Sayed Clash Over ICE, Taxes, and Terror Ties in Michigan Senate Debate Scott McClallen Oct 21, 8 PM ET
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🗣️ names in it: Mike Rogers Abdul El-Sayed Michigan Muslim Brotherhood Justin Boggs
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