ποΈ Story file #990
Pope cleared for South America trip after lung surgery
Oct 26, 5 PM ET to Oct 27, 6 PM ET
- 7outlets carried it
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- 1 dayon the front pages
- 7front pages at once, at its peak
- 13 sof TV captions
- 5 of 9parts of a saga
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π£ 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 26, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: PBS NewsHour
- Oct 27, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
- Oct 27, 7 AM ETpeak: on 7 front pages
π° Spread
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π Linked by aggregators
1 Google News
aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)
βοΈ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Reuters (2 wordings): βPope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican saysβ β βPope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican says - Reutersβ
π° Every outlet's headline 7left to right by AllSides rating
CBS Newsπ Oct 26, 2 PM ET
Pope cleared for South America trip after lung cancer surgery
PBS NewsHourπ Oct 26, 5 PM ET
Following post-surgery checkup, Pope Leo will proceed with Latin America trip, Vatican confirms
BBCπ Oct 26, 4 PM ET
Pope's South American trip to go ahead as planned after lung cancer surgery
Bloombergπ Oct 27, 7 AM ET
Pope Leo Keeps South America Trip in November After Lung Surgery
Reutersπ Oct 26, 3 PM ET
Pope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican says
Just the Newsπ Oct 26, 3 PM ET
Pope Leo XIV will make planned Latin America trip after doctors clear him for travel, Vatican says
Newsmaxπ Oct 26, 3 PM ET
Vatican Confirms Pope Leo's Latin America Trip after Post-surgery Checkup
π‘ Broadcast
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πΊ On TV
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π» On the radio
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π»π€· No radio newscast matched to it.
π§Ά Retelling
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π¦ Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
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π Checking
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π§ No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
π§΅ Persistence
the running story it belongs to
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