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πŸ—žοΈ Story file #990

Pope cleared for South America trip after lung surgery

Oct 26, 5 PM ET to Oct 27, 6 PM ET

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πŸ‘£ 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 26, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: PBS NewsHour
  2. Oct 27, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
  3. Oct 27, 7 AM ETpeak: on 7 front pages

πŸ“° Spread

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πŸ“Œ Linked by aggregators

1 Google News

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✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Reuters (2 wordings): β€œPope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican says” β†’ β€œPope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican says - Reuters”
πŸ“° Every outlet's headline 7left to right by AllSides rating

πŸ“‘ Broadcast

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πŸ“Ί On TV

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  1. 🫏 CNN 13 s

πŸ“» On the radio

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πŸ“»πŸ€· No radio newscast matched to it.

🧢 Retelling

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πŸ¦— Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

πŸ—£οΈ Names in it

Pope LeoVaticanLatin AmericaSouth America

πŸ”Ž Checking

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🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧡 Persistence

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🧡 Pope Leo XIV cancer surgery

  1. Pope Leo XIV undergoes successful lung nodule surgery

    Oct 11, 7 AM ET

  2. Pope Leo calls Putin, urges ceasefire during lung surgery recovery

    Oct 17, 12 AM ET

  3. Pope Leo makes first public appearance since cancer surgery

    Oct 13, 5 PM ET

  4. Pope Leo XIV no longer needs cancer treatment

    Oct 21, 4 PM ET

  5. Pope cleared for South America trip after lung surgery (this story)

    Oct 26, 5 PM ET

  6. Pope leo begins South America tour after cancer surgery

    Nov 5, 9 PM ET

  7. Pope leo arrives in Milei's Argentina

    Nov 8, 1 PM ET

  8. Pope Leo holds Mass in Argentina with 2.5 million attendees

    Nov 10, 1 AM ET

  9. Pope leo XIV visits Peru on final South American trip

    Nov 11, 7 PM ET