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🗞️ Story file #939

Obama campaigns for El-Sayed in Detroit

Oct 25, 8 AM ET to Oct 27, 7 AM ET

👣 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 25, 8 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Epoch Times
  2. Oct 25, 8 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  3. Oct 25, 3 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
  4. Oct 25, 8 PM ETpeak: on 8 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 25, 12 PMOct 2612 PMOct 2748leftright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 25, 8 AM to Oct 27, 7 AM ET (peak 8), by the outlets' lean: left · right
Oct 2512 PMOct 2612 PMOct 27Washington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Oct 24, 7:00 PM ET: Obama campaigns for el Sayed in DetroitWashington Examiner, Oct 25, 10:00 AM ET: Obama rallies for El SayedJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 24, 8:00 PM ET: WATCH: Obama campaigns with El-Sayed in DetroitThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 24, 9:00 PM ET: Obama rallies rapturous Michigan crowd for El-Sayed: ‘He’ll finish the job we started’HuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 24, 10:00 PM ET: Obama Campaigns Alongside El-Sayed, Benson In Fiery Michigan RallyPJ MediaPJ MediaPJ Media, Oct 24, 11:00 PM ET: Obama Stumps in Detroit to Promote Obama and to Give Lukewarm Support to El-SayedThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 25, 8:00 AM ET: Obama Tells Michigan Voters ‘Change Is in the Air’ While Rallying With El-Sayed in DetroitThe Epoch Times, Oct 25, 4:00 PM ET: Obama Tells Michigan Voters ‘Change Is in the Air’ While Rallying With El-sayed in DetroitYahoo NewsYahoo NewsYahoo News, Oct 25, 4:00 PM ET: Obama seeks to shore up Abdul El-Sayed with Black voters at Michigan rallyAPAPAP, Oct 25, 8:00 PM ET: Obama revs up crowd of Democrats in Detroit, asks them to help send Abdul El-Sayed to Senate📺 TVFox News, 8:06 AM ET: OBAMA CAMPAIGNS WITH EL-SAYED IN MICHIGANFox News, 8:06 AM ET: OBAMA ENDORSES RADICAL CANDIDATES IN MI & FLFox News, 8:07 AM ET: OBAMA ENDORSES RADICAL CANDIDATES IN MI & FLFox News, 8:26 AM ET: OBAMA CAMPAIGNS WITH EL-SAYED IN MICHIGANFox News, 8:27 AM ET: BLACK MICHIGAN VOTERS NOT CONVINCED ABOUT ELSAYEDFox News, 9:03 AM ET: OBAMA, EL-SAYED PITCH SHARED "FUNDAMENTAL VALUES"Fox News, 9:34 AM ET: PROGRESSIVES UNITE. OBAMA DECLARES EL-SAYED "SHARES MY VALUES"Fox News, 9:34 AM ET: EL-SAYED RALLIES WITH OBAMA AFTER CRITICIZING HIMFox News, 9:35 AM ET: PROGRESSIVES UNITE. OBAMA DECLARES EL-SAYED "SHARES MY VALUES"Fox News, 10:19 AM ET: ROGERS FACES EL-SAYED IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACEFox News, 11:50 AM ET: SENATE SHOWDOWN. ROGERS, EL-SAYED IN TOSS-UP RACE FOR MICHIGAN'S SEATFox News, 5:23 PM ET: DENYING THE LINKFox News, 5:23 PM ET: DENYING THE LINK. EL-SAYED SAYS HE HAS NO TIES TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOODFox News, 6:17 PM ET: HOLLYWOOD HEADS TO TEXAS. DEM SENATE CANDIDATE TALARICO GETS CELEBRITY SUPPORTFox News, 6:17 PM ET: HOLLYWOOD HEADS TO TEXASFox News, 6:18 PM ET: HOLLYWOOD HEADS TO TEXAS. DEM SENATE CANDIDATE TALARICO GETS CELEBRITY SUPPORTFox News, 6:18 PM ET: HOLLYWOOD HEADS TO TEXASFox News, 6:28 PM ET: RALLYING THE FAR-LEFT. FLANAGAN CAMPAIGNS WITH BERNIE SANDERS & KEITH ELLISONFox News, 6:28 PM ET: RALLYING THE FAR-LEFT. FLANAGAN CAMPAIGNS WITH BERNIE SANDERS & KEITH ELLISONFox News, 6:29 PM ET: RALLYING THE FAR-LEFT. FLANAGAN CAMPAIGNS WITH BERNIE SANDERS & KEITH ELLISONFox News, 6:29 PM ET: RALLYING THE FAR-LEFTFox News, 6:30 PM ET: RALLYING THE FAR-LEFT. FLANAGAN CAMPAIGNS WITH BERNIE SANDERS & KEITH ELLISONFox News, 6:30 PM ET: RALLYING THE FAR-LEFTFox News, 6:30 PM ET: RALLYING THE FAR-LEFTFox News, 6:31 PM ET: RALLYING THE FAR-LEFTFox News, 9:02 PM ET: ILHAN OMAR DISMISSES CRITICISM OF HASAN PIKER, CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN WITH EL-SAYEDFox News, 1:02 AM ET: REPORTER TO TRUMP: I CAN'T KEEP UPMSNOW, 4:03 AM ET: OBAMA CRITICISM SPARKS FAUX OUTRAGE FROM TRUMP ADMINMSNOW, 4:04 AM ET: OBAMA CRITICISM SPARKS FAUX OUTRAGE FROM TRUMP ADMINFox News, 4:15 AM ET: TRUMP’S AOC ANGLE?MSNOW, 4:18 AM ET: OBAMA CRITICISM SPARKS FAUX OUTRAGE FROM TRUMP ADMINCNN, 5:23 AM ET: Rep. Ilhan Omar Campaigns With Hasan Piker Despite ControversyCNN, 5:23 AM ET: Rep. Ilhan Omar Campaigns With Hasan Piker Despite ControversyCNN, 5:24 AM ET: Rep. Ilhan Omar Campaigns With Hasan Piker Despite ControversyCNN, 6:50 AM ET: EL-SAYED CAMPAIGN DISAVOWS SUPER PAC AD TYING ISRAEL TO HIGH PRICES. Chuck Rocha | Former Sr. Adviser to Bernie Sanders' 2016 & 2020 CampaignsMSNOW, 7:06 AM ET: GOP IN BLUE DISTRICTS NAVIGATE RELATIONSHIPSCNN, 7:33 AM ET: 1 WEEK TO GO: OBAMA IN GEORGIA TOMORROW TO BOLSTER DEMS IN TIGHT RACESCNN, 7:34 AM ET: 1 WEEK TO GO: OBAMA IN GEORGIA TOMORROW TO BOLSTER DEMS IN TIGHT RACESCNN, 7:34 AM ET: OBAMA HITS CAMPAIGN TRAIL TOMORROW IN GEORGIA FOR OSSOFFCNN, 7:34 AM ET: OBAMA HITS CAMPAIGN TRAIL TOMORROW IN GEORGIA FOR OSSOFFCNN, 7:35 AM ET: OBAMA HITS CAMPAIGN TRAIL TOMORROW IN GEORGIA FOR OSSOFFCNN, 7:35 AM ET: OBAMA HITS CAMPAIGN TRAIL TOMORROW IN GEORGIA FOR OSSOFF📻 radioNPR News Now, Oct 26, 3:10 PM ET: the leadNPR News Now, Oct 25, 8:09 PM ET: story 2 of 6ABC News Update, Oct 25, 5:32 PM ET: story 2 of 2NPR News Now, Oct 25, 5:10 PM ET: the leadABC News Update, Oct 25, 4:32 PM ET: story 2 of 4ABC News Update, Oct 25, 3:32 PM ET: story 3 of 5
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, and a headline swapped for a new one between our hourly looks runs on to it. A gap means a look found the story gone from that front page. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

💬 Quoted

  1. “Change Is in the Air”1
  2. “He'll finish the job we started”1

phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did

🗣️ Only one side says

  • 🫏 left
  • abdul el-sayed
  • 🐘 right
  • nothing of its own

phrases three or more outlets on one side used and none on the other

✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Obama Tells Michigan Voters ‘Change Is in the Air’ While Rallying With El-Sayed in Detroit” → “Obama Tells Michigan Voters ‘Change Is in the Air’ While Rallying With El-sayed in Detroit”
  • Washington Examiner (2 wordings): “Obama campaigns for el Sayed in Detroit” → “Obama rallies for El Sayed”
Every outlet's first headline (8), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

minutes its captions were on screen, by channel; the disc is the network's lean

  1. 🐘 Fox News 10 min
  2. 🫏 CNN 5 min
  3. 🫏 MSNOW 2 min

📻 On the radio

hourly newscasts that carried it, by show; beside the count, how often it was the lead story, or the highest it came in the running order

  1. 🫏 NPR News Now 3× · 🥇 led 2
  2. 🫏 ABC News Update 3× · best #2

🎙️ On the shows

podcasts, newsletters and streams that talked about it, by show; the bar is episodes; the disc is the show's lean by reputation

  1. 🐘 Ruthless 1
  2. 🫏 The Majority Report 1
  3. 🐘 Morning Wire 1
  4. 🐘 Ben Shapiro 1
  5. ⚖️ Bloomberg News Now 1
  6. 🫏 CNN 5 Things 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

🕵️ investigative reporting on it and 🃏 satire joking about it (jokes, never counted as coverage); the bar is pieces

🕵️🤷 No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.

🧶 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

Barack ObamaMichiganDetroitEl-SayedBensonObama for America

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Michigan Senate race

  1. Obama campaigns for El-Sayed in Detroit (this story)

    Oct 25, 8 AM ET

  2. Fiancé of michigan Democrat supports Republican senate candidate

    Oct 29, 12 PM ET

  3. Abdul El-Sayed and Stevens make joint appearance in Michigan Senate race

    Oct 30, 12 AM ET