🗞️ Story file #944
Trump criticizes Murkowski as GOP's worst senator in Alaska race
Oct 25, 2 PM ET to Oct 26, 5 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 8outlets carried it
- 🫏3 · 2 · 2🐘left · center · right
- 15 hourson the front pages
- 8front pages at once, at its peak
- 2 of 2parts of a saga
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- Oct 25, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: News Nation
- Oct 25, 4 PM ETpeak: on 8 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
💬 quoted: “A Lot of People Don't Know What Incumbent Means” 2 “disgrace” 2 “Republicans” 2 “Worst Senator, By Far.” 2 “DISGRACE!” 2 “worst senator” 3 “don't know what incumbent means” “Worst Senator” 3
✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- HuffPost (2 wordings): “Trump Seethes Over GOP’s ‘Worst Senator’ Who Knocked His DOJ’s Lawsuit” → “Trump Just Named The GOP's 'Worst Senator, By Far.' Here's What Might've Ticked Him Off.”
- Newsweek (3 wordings): “Trump Attacks Murkowski As Alaska Senate Fight Escalates: ‘Worst Senator’” → “Trump on Alaska Ballot: ‘A Lot of People Don’t Know What Incumbent Means’”
- Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “Trump rips Alaska’s ‘corrupt’ ranked choice voting in attack on Murkowski” → “Trump worries Alaska voters ‘don’t know what incumbent means’”
Every outlet's first headline (8), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Trump Seethes Over GOP’s ‘Worst Senator’ Who Knocked His DOJ’s Lawsuit Oct 25, 11 AM ET
Raw Story
Trump has midnight meltdown over 'Republicans' worst senator': 'You don't get any worse' Oct 25, 8 AM ET
Mediaite
‘DISGRACE!’ Trump Rails Against GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski in Wild Late-Night Post on Hotly-Contested Alaska Senate Race Oct 25, 8 AM ET
News Nation
Trump calls Murkowski 'disgrace' to Alaska, continues to criticize ranked-choice Oct 25, 2 PM ET
Newsweek
Trump Attacks Murkowski As Alaska Senate Fight Escalates: ‘Worst Senator’ Oct 25, 9 AM ET
Just the News
Trump calls Murkowski GOP's 'worst senator' Oct 25, 1 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Trump rips Alaska’s ‘corrupt’ ranked choice voting in attack on Murkowski Oct 25, 10 AM ET
The Washington Sun
Trump Calls Murkowski ‘Republicans’ Worst Senator’ Over Opposition to Elections Lawsuit Oct 25, 2 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
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🧶 Retelling
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🗣️ names in it: Donald Trump Lisa Murkowski Alaska
🔎 Checking
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🧵 Persistence
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🧵 Alaska Senate Election Lawsuit
DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses
Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Trump criticizes Murkowski as GOP's worst senator in Alaska race (this story)
Oct 25, 2 PM ET