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Trump Says He Directed DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Election

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 14 29 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 24 Oct 00:15 UTC · Trump says he directed DOJ lawsuit over Alaska Senate election 24 Oct 12:17 UTC · Trump Says He Ordered DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Election 24 Oct 18:16 UTC · Trump Says He Ordered DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Ballot 26 Oct 00:16 UTC · Trump Says He Directed DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Election

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES

  1. 24 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    Trump says he directed DOJ lawsuit over Alaska Senate election

  2. 24 Oct, 12:17 UTC

    Trump Says He Ordered DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Election

  3. 24 Oct, 18:16 UTC

    Trump Says He Ordered DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Ballot

  4. 26 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    Trump Says He Directed DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Election

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

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.

Figures reported with different numbers

  • percentage points: 4 (1 from 22 Oct 14:56) → 3 (1 from 22 Oct 14:56) → 2.83 (1 from 22 Oct 14:56) → 13 (1 from 24 Oct 08:11)
  • likely voters: 675 (1 from 22 Oct 14:56) → 1,200 (1 from 22 Oct 14:56) → 1,512 (1 from 22 Oct 14:56)

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