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DEVELOPING · 19 OCT → 26 OCT 2026 · 8 EDITIONS · 33 OUTLETS

Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted of 191 murders

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 16 33 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 19 Oct 18:20 UTC · Kenyan cult leader convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult 19 Oct 19:39 UTC · Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted over 191 deaths 20 Oct 00:14 UTC · Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted of 191 murders

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 19 Oct, 18:20 UTC

    Kenyan cult leader convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult

  2. 19 Oct, 19:39 UTC

    Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted over 191 deaths

  3. 20 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted of 191 murders

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • 191 starvation deaths · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.