BND - Federal judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit

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Federal judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit

Oct 22, 12 PM ET to Oct 23, 4 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

28outlets carried it
🫏12 · 7 · 8🐘left · center · right
16 hourson the front pages
28front pages at once, at its peak
20 minof TV captions
3radio newscasts

👣 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 22, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Oct 22, 12 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 22, 1 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 22, 8 PM ETpeak: on 28 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 22, 12 PM to Oct 23, 4 AM ET (peak 28), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

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: 1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (Axios)

📌 linked by aggregators: Drudge Report Google News Political Wire

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 judge orders trump

✏️ 10 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

CNBC (2 wordings): “Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit by Dec. 11: Reports” → “Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation suit by Dec. 11: Reports”
CNN (3 wordings): “Breaking News Trump can’t avoid deposition in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC” → “Trump can’t avoid videotaped deposition in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC”
HuffPost (2 wordings): “Judge Orders Trump To Sit For Deposition In BBC Defamation Lawsuit” → “⚡ BREAKING: Judge Orders Trump To Sit For Deposition In BBC Defamation Lawsuit…”
Just the News (2 wordings): “Trump must sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit by Dec. 11, judge rules” → “Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition by Dec. 11 in his BBC defamation suit”
Newsmax (2 wordings): “Trump Lawyers, BBC Clash Over Depositions in $10 Billion Defamation Case” → “Judge Orders Trump Deposition in $10 Billion BBC Lawsuit”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10 billion BBC lawsuit, AP reports” → “Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10 billion BBC lawsuit”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Trump Sues BBC for $10 Billion Over Misleading Jan. 6 Edits” → “Judge Orders Trump to Sit for Deposition Soon”
The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “BREAKING: Judge Orders President Trump to Sit For Deposition in Defamation Lawsuit Against the BBC – Or Face Sanctions” → “Watch Live: Judge Orders President Trump to Sit For Deposition in Defamation Lawsuit Against the BBC – Or Face Sanctions and More! The WAR Zone Podcast With Wayne Allyn Root Presented by The Gateway Pundit”
The New Republic (2 wordings): “Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit Backfires” → “Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit Blows Up”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “Trump threatened by judge with sanctions if he doesn’t sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC defamation suit” → “Trump must sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit by Dec. 11, judge rules”

Every outlet's first headline (28), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Judge Orders Trump To Sit For Deposition In BBC Defamation Lawsuit Oct 22, 12 PM ET
Raw Story Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit after months of delay Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The Daily Beast Trump Suffers Stinging Defeat in $10B Lawsuit He Filed Himself Oct 22, 5 PM ET
The Guardian US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The New Republic Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit Backfires Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Axios Trump ordered to sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit Oct 22, 12 PM ET
CBS News Judge says Trump must sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit Oct 22, 1 PM ET
CNBC Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit by Dec. 11: Reports Oct 22, 1 PM ET
CNN Breaking News Trump can’t avoid deposition in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC Oct 22, 2 PM ET
Mediaite JUST IN: Trump Ordered By Judge to Sit for Deposition in Lawsuit Against BBC Oct 22, 1 PM ET
The Independent Trump ordered to sit for deposition in $10B defamation case against BBC Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Yahoo News Trump threatened by judge with sanctions if he doesn’t sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC defamation suit Oct 20, 11 PM ET
BBC Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Financial Times Trump ordered to face BBC questioning in $10bn defamation lawsuit Oct 22, 3 PM ET
Newsweek Judge Orders Trump to Sit for Deposition in $10B BBC Defamation Lawsuit Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Reuters Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10 billion BBC lawsuit, AP reports Oct 22, 2 PM ET
Scripps News The Trump Presidency Judge orders Trump to be deposed in $10 billion lawsuit against BBC AP via Scripps News Group Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The Hill Judge orders Trump to be deposed in his BBC defamation suit Oct 22, 12 PM ET
WSJ Trump Must Sit for Deposition in BBC Lawsuit, Judge Orders Oct 22, 4 PM ET
Just the News Trump must sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit by Dec. 11, judge rules Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The Epoch Times Trump Sues BBC for $10 Billion Over Misleading Jan. 6 Edits Oct 22, 12 PM ET
The Sun BEEB ROW Trump ordered to sit for deposition over $10bn BBC Panorama doc lawsuit Oct 22, 5 PM ET
Washington Examiner Judge orders Trump to sit for BBC defamation hearing by Dec. 11 Oct 22, 1 PM ET
New York Post Trump hit with pivotal choice in $10 billion lawsuit against major media outlet Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Newsmax Trump Lawyers, BBC Clash Over Depositions in $10 Billion Defamation Case Oct 22, 11 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit BREAKING: Judge Orders President Trump to Sit For Deposition in Defamation Lawsuit Against the BBC – Or Face Sanctions Oct 22, 1 PM ET
The Western Journal Federal Judge Orders Trump to Sit for Taped Deposition Before Deadline Oct 22, 8 PM ET
The Washington Sun Judge Orders Trump to Sit for Deposition in BBC Defamation Lawsuit by Dec. 11 Oct 22, 12 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News13 min

CNN5 min

MSNOW2 min

Trump ordered to sit for BBC lawsuit deposition BBC News, 6 min
Trump ordered to face interview under oath in BBC case BBC News, 5 min
JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP TO SIT FOR DEPOSITION IN $10B MEDIA LAWSUIT CNN, 3 min
JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP TO SIT FOR DEPOSITION IN $10B BBC LAWSUIT. Ty Cobb | Former Trump White House Lawyer CNN, 2 min
JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP SIT FOR DEPOSITION IN BBC LAWSUIT MSNOW, 2 min
Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit BBC News, 62 s
Trump BBC case BBC News, 18 s
RPT: JUDGE FORCES TRUMP TO SIT FOR DEPOSITION MSNOW, 16 s