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🗞️ Story file #81

Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution

Oct 5, 7 AM ET to Oct 6, 3 PM ET · 1 outlet 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 5, 7 AM ETfirst on a front page: CNN
  2. Oct 5, 7 AM ETpeak: on 29 front pages
  3. Oct 5, 9 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  4. Oct 5, 2 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 5, 12 PM6 PMOct 66 AM12 PM1429leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 5, 7 AM to Oct 6, 3 PM ET (peak 29), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 4, 12 PMOct 512 PMOct 612 PMPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHour, Oct 3, 12:00 PM ET: Governor says Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa PikeScripps NewsScripps NewsScripps News, Oct 3, 12:00 PM ET: U.S. News Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike AP via Scripps News GroupCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Oct 3, 12:00 PM ET: Tennessee prison system head to resign after failed Christa Pike executionNBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Oct 3, 12:00 PM ET: Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike, governor saysNews NationNews NationNews Nation, Oct 3, 1:00 PM ET: Tennessee prison chief resigns after Christa Pike execution failureThe Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post, Oct 3, 1:00 PM ET: Tennessee’s prisons chief resigns after failed Pike execution, governor saysAxiosAxiosAxios, Oct 3, 1:00 PM ET: Tennessee's top prison official resigns after failed Christa Pike executionThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 3, 1:00 PM ET: Prison chief to resign after shock botched execution of Christa PikeWSJThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal, Oct 3, 2:00 PM ET: Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns After Failed ExecutionBBCBBCBBC, Oct 3, 2:00 PM ET: Tennessee prison chief to resign after Christa Pike's failed executionNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 3, 2:00 PM ET: Tenn. Prisons Chief Resigns After Failed ExecutionThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Oct 3, 2:00 PM ET: Tennessee Prisons Chief Frank Strada Out Following Disastrous Failed Execution of Convicted Murderer Christa PikeRed StateRed StateRed State, Oct 3, 2:00 PM ET: New: Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns After Failed Execution of PikeWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Oct 3, 3:00 PM ET: Tennessee’s prison chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution, Bill Lee saysWashington Examiner, Oct 3, 10:00 PM ET: Tennessee’s prison chief resigns after failed executionReutersReutersReuters, Oct 3, 3:00 PM ET: Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed executionReuters, Oct 3, 9:00 PM ET: Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution - reuters.comIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Oct 3, 3:00 PM ET: Tennessee Corrections Chief Plans Resignation After Failed ExecutionABC NewsABC NewsABC News, Oct 3, 4:00 PM ET: Tennessee Correction commissioner resigns days after botched Christa Pike executionOANOne America News NetworkOne America News Network, Oct 3, 5:00 PM ET: Tenn. prison commissioner resigns after failed execution of Christa PikeMediaiteMediaiteMediaite, Oct 3, 5:00 PM ET: ‘Troubled Record’: TN Prison Chief Resigns After Botched Execution of Christa PikeHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 3, 5:00 PM ET: Tennessee’s Prisons Chief Is Resigning After Failed Execution Of Christa PikeThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 3, 5:00 PM ET: Tennessee's Prison Chief Will Resign After Failed ExecutionThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 3, 5:00 PM ET: Tennessee’s Prison Chief Resigns After Failed ExecutionJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 3, 6:00 PM ET: Head of Tennessee prison system resigns after failed execution of Christa PikeThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 3, 6:00 PM ET: Tennessee corrections commissioner to resign after botched Christa Pike executionNewsweekNewsweekNewsweek, Oct 3, 7:00 PM ET: Tennessee Corrections Chief Resigns After Botched Christa Pike ExecutionNewsweek, Oct 4, 2:00 PM ET: Who Is Frank Strada? Prison Chief Exits After Failed Christa Pike ExecutionNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 4, 1:01 AM ET: Prison chief resigns after Christa Pike’s botched executionTownhallTownhallTownhall, Oct 4, 10:00 AM ET: Someone Had to Go Over Christa Pike's Botched Execution in Tennessee and It's the State Prison ChiefBreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 4, 8:00 PM ET: Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns After Murderer Christa Pike Survives ExecutionBreitbart, Oct 5, 1:00 PM ET: Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns After Christa Pike Survives 2x Lethal InjectionCNNCNNCNN, Oct 5, 7:10 AM ET: Tennessee’s outgoing prison chief had a history of execution missteps before Christa Pike, officials say📺 TVCNN, 2:07 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:08 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:13 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:13 PM ET: TN CORRECTIONS CHIEF STEPS DOWN AFTER BOTCHED EXECUTIONCNN, 2:14 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:14 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:14 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:15 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:15 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:17 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:17 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:19 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:19 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:20 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:20 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:21 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPSCNN, 2:21 PM ET: OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPS📻 radioNPR News Now, Oct 5, 9:10 AM ET: story 2 of 6
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.

📡 wire copy: 4 outlets ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (Red State, The Epoch Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner)

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 pike execution 🫏 tennessee's prisons chief 🐘 prison chief

✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Breitbart (2 wordings): “Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns After Murderer Christa Pike Survives Execution” → “Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns After Christa Pike Survives 2x Lethal Injection”
  • Newsweek (2 wordings): “Tennessee Corrections Chief Resigns After Botched Christa Pike Execution” → “Who Is Frank Strada? Prison Chief Exits After Failed Christa Pike Execution”
  • Reuters (2 wordings): “Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution” → “Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution - reuters.com”
  • Washington Examiner (2 wordings): “Tennessee’s prison chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution, Bill Lee says” → “Tennessee’s prison chief resigns after failed execution”
Every outlet's first headline (29), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN10 min
  • OUTGOING TN PRISON CHIEF HAD HISTORY OF EXECUTION MISSTEPS CNN, 9 min
  • TN CORRECTIONS CHIEF STEPS DOWN AFTER BOTCHED EXECUTION CNN, 42 s

📻 On the radio

  • NPR News Now, Oct 5, 9:10 AM ET: story 2 of 6

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 🎙️ Reuters World News

🧶 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: Tennessee Christa Pike Tennessee Department of Correction Tennessee Correction Commissioner

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Christa Pike execution botch

  1. Tennessee inmate survives botched execution attempt

    Oct 2, 5 PM ET

  2. Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution (this story)

    Oct 5, 7 AM ET

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