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Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism Ahead of Midterms

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 17 34 26 Sep 27 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 26 Sep 18:12 UTC · White House Defends Government-Funded Trump Television Ads 28 Sep 12:13 UTC · White House Defends Taxpayer-Funded Ads Featuring Trump Ahead of Midterms 28 Sep 18:14 UTC · Taxpayer-Funded Pro-Trump Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism Ahead of Midterms 29 Sep 00:10 UTC · Republican senators criticize taxpayer-funded ads promoting Trump 1 Oct 16:30 UTC · Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism Ahead of Midterms

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES

  1. 26 Sep, 18:12 UTC

    White House Defends Government-Funded Trump Television Ads

  2. 28 Sep, 12:13 UTC

    White House Defends Taxpayer-Funded Ads Featuring Trump Ahead of Midterms

  3. 28 Sep, 18:14 UTC

    Taxpayer-Funded Pro-Trump Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism Ahead of Midterms

  4. 29 Sep, 00:10 UTC

    Republican senators criticize taxpayer-funded ads promoting Trump

  5. 1 Oct, 16:30 UTC

    Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism Ahead of Midterms

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Mount Rushmore · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Medium Buying · from 27 Sep 23:40, 3 outlets
  • Donald Trump · from 27 Sep 23:40, 2 outlets
  • Chris Murphy · from 28 Sep 12:04, 2 outlets