ARGUS/OVERWATCH
LATEST VERSION
DEVELOPING · 2 OCT → 19 OCT 2026 · 18 EDITIONS · 44 OUTLETS

US added 29,000 jobs in September as unemployment rose to 4.2%

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 22 44 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 2 Oct 18:16 UTC · US Added 29,000 Jobs in September as Unemployment Rose to 4.2% 4 Oct 00:07 UTC · US added 29,000 jobs in September as unemployment rose to 4.2%

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 2 Oct, 18:16 UTC

    US Added 29,000 Jobs in September as Unemployment Rose to 4.2%

  2. 4 Oct, 00:07 UTC

    US added 29,000 jobs in September as unemployment rose to 4.2%

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • 0.1 percentage point · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 0.2 percentage points · from 9 Oct 12:39, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • percentage points: 0.2 (2 from 9 Oct 12:39) → 0.4 (1 from 15 Oct 17:34) → 0.3 (1 from 15 Oct 17:34) → 0.6 (1 from 15 Oct 17:34) → 0.5 (1 from 15 Oct 17:34) → 1.1 (1 from 16 Oct 04:42)
  • new jobs: 70,000 (1 from 2 Oct 14:04) → 17,000 (1 from 2 Oct 14:04) → 90,000 (2 from 2 Oct 14:04) → 10,000 (1 from 2 Oct 14:52)
  • jobs month: 7,000 (1 from 2 Oct 14:52) → 33,000 (1 from 2 Oct 16:20) → 41,000 (1 from 3 Oct 16:00) → 186,000 (1 from 3 Oct 16:00)
  • jobs unemployment: 29,000 (2 from 2 Oct 15:00) → 9,200 (1 from 9 Oct 12:39) → 68,000 (1 from 9 Oct 17:45)
  • percentage point: 0.1 (2 from 2 Oct 16:20) → 0.6 (1 from 16 Oct 04:42) → 0.2 (1 from 16 Oct 04:42)

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