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DEVELOPING · 7 OCT → 14 OCT 2026 · 8 EDITIONS · 28 OUTLETS

California couple charged in alleged abuse of surrogate-born children

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 28 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 7 Oct 00:15 UTC · California couple plead not guilty in alleged abuse of surrogate-born children 7 Oct 18:17 UTC · California couple charged in alleged abuse of surrogate-born children

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 7 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    California couple plead not guilty in alleged abuse of surrogate-born children

  2. 7 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    California couple charged in alleged abuse of surrogate-born children

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Guojun Xuan · 3 outlets
  • Silvia Zhang · 3 outlets
  • Mitchell Krems · 2 outlets
  • 16 children living · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.