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Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Sentenced to Life for Wife’s Murder

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 41 82 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 6 Oct 00:06 UTC · Former ‘American Idol’ contestant Caleb Flynn sentenced to life for wife’s murder 6 Oct 06:25 UTC · Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Sentenced to Life for Wife’s Murder 6 Oct 12:08 UTC · Former ‘American Idol’ contestant Caleb Flynn sentenced to life for wife’s murder 6 Oct 18:07 UTC · Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Sentenced to Life for Wife’s Murder 8 Oct 12:14 UTC · Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Sentenced to Life for Wife’s Murder

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 00:06 UTC

    Former ‘American Idol’ contestant Caleb Flynn sentenced to life for wife’s murder

  2. 6 Oct, 06:25 UTC

    Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Sentenced to Life for Wife’s Murder

  3. 6 Oct, 12:08 UTC

    Former ‘American Idol’ contestant Caleb Flynn sentenced to life for wife’s murder

  4. 6 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Sentenced to Life for Wife’s Murder

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Caleb Flynn · 4 outlets
  • Ashley Flynn · 3 outlets
  • Jeannine Pratt · 2 outlets
  • Alleigha Botner · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.