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Obama and Trump trade attacks over White House décor and Cheesecake Factory joke

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 21 42 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 1 Nov 25 Oct 12:17 UTC · Obama mocks Trump’s White House renovations at Ohio campaign rally 26 Oct 12:26 UTC · Obama mocks Trump’s White House renovations at Ohio campaign rally 27 Oct 00:20 UTC · Obama’s Cheesecake Factory Joke Sparks Midterm Campaign Spat 27 Oct 12:22 UTC · Bessent fires back after Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke about White House renovations 27 Oct 18:20 UTC · Bessent visits Cheesecake Factory after Obama mocks Trump’s White House renovations 28 Oct 06:15 UTC · Bessent visits Cheesecake Factory after Obama’s White House renovation joke 29 Oct 06:19 UTC · Obama and Trump trade barbs over White House décor and Cheesecake Factory joke 29 Oct 18:23 UTC · Obama and Trump trade barbs over White House décor and Cheesecake Factory joke 30 Oct 00:17 UTC · Obama and Trump trade attacks over White House décor and Cheesecake Factory joke

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 25 Oct, 12:17 UTC

    Obama mocks Trump’s White House renovations at Ohio campaign rally

  2. 27 Oct, 00:20 UTC

    Obama’s Cheesecake Factory Joke Sparks Midterm Campaign Spat

  3. 27 Oct, 12:22 UTC

    Bessent fires back after Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke about White House renovations

  4. 27 Oct, 18:20 UTC

    Bessent visits Cheesecake Factory after Obama mocks Trump’s White House renovations

  5. 28 Oct, 06:15 UTC

    Bessent visits Cheesecake Factory after Obama’s White House renovation joke

  6. 29 Oct, 06:19 UTC

    Obama and Trump trade barbs over White House décor and Cheesecake Factory joke

  7. 30 Oct, 00:17 UTC

    Obama and Trump trade attacks over White House décor and Cheesecake Factory joke

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Cheesecake Factory · 9 outlets
  • Barack Obama · 8 outlets
  • Donald Trump · 8 outlets
  • Saddam Hussein · 8 outlets
  • Scott Bessent · 4 outlets
  • Sherrod Brown · 3 outlets
  • Scott Jennings · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Rick McCormack · from 28 Oct 02:25, 2 outlets