Gunmen attack church funeral in Jordan, killing 7 and wounding 40

🗞️ Story file #874

Gunmen attack church funeral in Jordan, killing 7 and wounding 40

Oct 23, 10 AM ET to Oct 26, 10 AM ET

19outlets carried it
🫏7 · 2 · 10🐘left · center · right
3 dayson the front pages
17front pages at once, at its peak
4 minof TV captions
9radio newscasts
12people retold it online
1 of 2parts 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 23, 10 AM ETfirst on a front page: CBS News
Oct 23, 8 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 24, 12 AM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 24, 4 PM ETpeak: on 17 front pages
Oct 25, 4 AM ETretold online by 12 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 23, 10 AM to Oct 26, 10 AM ET (peak 17), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

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: 3 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Los Angeles Times, NBC News, Newsmax)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Drudge Report

💬 quoted: “Heinous” “iron fist” “Allahu Akbar” “terrorist”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 orthodox church 🐘 greek orthodox 🐘 least seven

✏️ 11 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (3 wordings): “At least 9 dead after gunmen open fire on church in Jordan” → “9 dead, 34 injured in Jordan church shooting”
AP (4 wordings): “Gunmen open fire inside a church in Jordan, causing deaths and injuries” → “Gunmen open fire at a church during a funeral in Jordan, killing 7 and wounding 40 - AP News”
BBC (5 wordings): “Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, state media say” → “Watch: CCTV footage shows gunmen near church in Jordan”
CNN (5 wordings): “At least 7 people killed in shooting at church in Jordan, public security agency says” → “At least 9 people killed in unprecedented shooting at church in Jordan”
Independent Journal Review (2 wordings): “Seven killed in southern Jordan church shooting” → “Attack at Jordan Church Kills Up to Eight”
Newsmax (2 wordings): “Gunmen Open Fire inside a Church in Jordan, Causing Deaths and Injuries” → “Gunmen Open Fire Inside Church in Jordan, Causing Deaths and Injuries”
Red State (2 wordings): “Islamic Terrorism 7 Dead, 34 Hurt in Greek Orthodox Church Attack in Jordan Ward Clark” → “7 Dead, 34 Hurt in Greek Orthodox Church Attack in Jordan”
Reuters (7 wordings): “At least seven killed in attack at church in Jordan, state-owned outlet says” → “Jordan king orders 'iron fist' response to deadly church attack”
The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “JUST IN: Gunmen Shouting “Allahu Akbar” Kill Seven at Christian Funeral in Jordan” → “HORROR IN JORDAN: Chilling New Footage Shows Islamists Storming Greek Orthodox Church During Funeral – 7 Christians Slaughtered, 40 Wounded as Gunmen Open Fire”
The Guardian (3 wordings): “Seven killed and 40 injured after gunmen open fire at church funeral in Jordan” → “Nine killed and 40 injured after gunmen open fire at church funeral”
Townhall (3 wordings): “Nine Killed, 40 Injured in Terror Attack on Church in Jordan” → “Terrorism Nine Killed, 40 Injured in Terror Attack on Church in Jordan Joe Chalfant”

Every outlet's first headline (19), left to right by AllSides rating

The Guardian Seven killed and 40 injured after gunmen open fire at church funeral in Jordan Oct 23, 11 PM ET
ABC News At least 9 dead after gunmen open fire on church in Jordan Oct 24, 4 PM ET
AP Gunmen open fire inside a church in Jordan, causing deaths and injuries Oct 23, 12 PM ET
CBS News Gunmen kill at least 7 in attack on Jordan church, authorities say Oct 23, 10 AM ET
CNN At least 7 people killed in shooting at church in Jordan, public security agency says Oct 23, 9 AM ET
Los Angeles Times Gunmen open fire at a church during a funeral in Jordan, killing 7 and wounding 34 Oct 23, 2 PM ET
NBC News Gunmen open fire during a funeral in Jordan, killing 7 and wounding 40 Oct 24, 4 AM ET
BBC Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, state media say Oct 23, 9 AM ET
Reuters At least seven killed in attack at church in Jordan, state-owned outlet says Oct 23, 10 AM ET
Just the News Gunmen attack church funeral in Jordan, killing 7, injuring dozens Oct 24, 6 PM ET
Washington Examiner Mass shooting at Jordanian church kills at least seven and wounds dozens Oct 23, 3 PM ET
Breitbart At Least Seven Killed in Church Shooting in Southern Jordan Oct 23, 7 PM ET
IJR Seven killed in southern Jordan church shooting Oct 23, 10 AM ET
Newsmax Gunmen Open Fire inside a Church in Jordan, Causing Deaths and Injuries Oct 23, 10 AM ET
Red State Islamic Terrorism 7 Dead, 34 Hurt in Greek Orthodox Church Attack in Jordan Ward Clark Oct 24, 3 PM ET
The Daily Caller Terror Attack At Orthodox Church In Jordan Leaves 7 Dead, 40 Wounded Oct 24, 10 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit JUST IN: Gunmen Shouting “Allahu Akbar” Kill Seven at Christian Funeral in Jordan Oct 23, 4 PM ET
The Western Journal Seven Christians Killed, Dozens More Wounded in 'Heinous' Attack on Church in Jordan Oct 23, 9 PM ET
Townhall Nine Killed, 40 Injured in Terror Attack on Church in Jordan Oct 25, 11 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN2 min

BBC News2 min

Seven shot dead by gunmen at funeral in Jordan BBC News, 2 min
EIGHT KILLED, DOZENS HURT IN SHOOTING AT CHURCH IN JORDAN CNN, 80 s
AT LEAST 8 PEOPLE KILLED IN SHOOTING AT CHURCH IN JORDAN CNN, 59 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 26, 5:10 AM ET: story 5 of 7
NPR News Now, Oct 26, 4:09 AM ET: story 6 of 6
ABC News Update, Oct 24, 3:32 PM ET: story 4 of 5
NPR News Now, Oct 24, 9:10 AM ET: story 4 of 5
ABC News Update, Oct 24, 4:32 AM ET: story 3 of 3
ABC News Update, Oct 24, 2:32 AM ET: story 3 of 3
NPR News Now, Oct 24, 2:10 AM ET: story 5 of 7
ABC News Update, Oct 24, 12:32 AM ET: story 3 of 3
ABC News Update, Oct 23, 8:32 PM ET: story 3 of 3

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

Gunmen opened fire at a Greek Orthodox church funeral in Jordan, killing several people and wounding dozens. Oct 25: told by 12 people; told before on Oct 24

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: Jordan

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Jordan church attack

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