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Container Ship Sinks as Attacks Continue in Strait of Hormuz

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 43 86 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 3 Oct 06:15 UTC · Tanker struck by unknown projectile near Strait of Hormuz 3 Oct 12:08 UTC · Kuwait-flagged tanker struck near Strait of Hormuz; five Indian seafarers rescued 4 Oct 18:09 UTC · Two tankers struck near Oman and Iran as Tehran restates Hormuz conditions 5 Oct 12:45 UTC · Two Tankers Struck Near Oman and in Strait of Hormuz 5 Oct 18:21 UTC · Tankers struck near Oman as Iran keeps pressure on Strait of Hormuz 6 Oct 12:16 UTC · Projectile Hits Commercial Vessel in Strait of Hormuz, Injuring 12 Crew Members 6 Oct 18:13 UTC · Twelve injured after tanker struck in Strait of Hormuz 14 Oct 20:55 UTC · Container ship sinks as attacks continue in Strait of Hormuz 15 Oct 12:19 UTC · Container Ship Sinks as Attacks Continue in Strait of Hormuz

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 9 HEADLINES

  1. 3 Oct, 06:15 UTC

    Tanker struck by unknown projectile near Strait of Hormuz

  2. 3 Oct, 12:08 UTC

    Kuwait-flagged tanker struck near Strait of Hormuz; five Indian seafarers rescued

  3. 4 Oct, 18:09 UTC

    Two tankers struck near Oman and Iran as Tehran restates Hormuz conditions

  4. 5 Oct, 12:45 UTC

    Two Tankers Struck Near Oman and in Strait of Hormuz

  5. 5 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    Tankers struck near Oman as Iran keeps pressure on Strait of Hormuz

  6. 6 Oct, 12:16 UTC

    Projectile Hits Commercial Vessel in Strait of Hormuz, Injuring 12 Crew Members

  7. 6 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    Twelve injured after tanker struck in Strait of Hormuz

  8. 14 Oct, 20:55 UTC

    Container ship sinks as attacks continue in Strait of Hormuz

  9. 15 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    Container Ship Sinks as Attacks Continue in Strait of Hormuz

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • 2 ships sink · from 15 Oct 05:15, 2 outlets
  • Sarbananda Sonowal · from 16 Oct 19:27, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • crew members: 12 (2 from 6 Oct 11:23) → 19 (2 from 6 Oct 11:23) → 21 (1 from 14 Oct 15:34)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.