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Vance casts doubt on plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s military execution

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 48 96 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 20 Oct 21 Oct 9 Oct 00:13 UTC · Pentagon Plans Livestreamed Firing-Squad Execution of Fort Hood Gunman 9 Oct 06:43 UTC · Pentagon says Fort Hood gunman’s firing-squad execution will be livestreamed 9 Oct 12:09 UTC · Pentagon says Fort Hood gunman’s firing-squad execution will be livestreamed 9 Oct 18:09 UTC · Pentagon plans livestream of Fort Hood gunman’s execution, drawing condemnation 10 Oct 00:07 UTC · Trump backs livestream of Fort Hood gunman’s planned execution as criticism grows 10 Oct 06:44 UTC · Trump Says Pentagon Is Still Weighing Livestream of Nidal Hasan’s Execution 10 Oct 18:12 UTC · Planned livestream of Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN criticism 12 Oct 00:16 UTC · Vance casts doubt on plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s military execution

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 9 Oct, 00:13 UTC

    Pentagon Plans Livestreamed Firing-Squad Execution of Fort Hood Gunman

  2. 9 Oct, 06:43 UTC

    Pentagon says Fort Hood gunman’s firing-squad execution will be livestreamed

  3. 9 Oct, 18:09 UTC

    Pentagon plans livestream of Fort Hood gunman’s execution, drawing condemnation

  4. 10 Oct, 00:07 UTC

    Trump backs livestream of Fort Hood gunman’s planned execution as criticism grows

  5. 10 Oct, 06:44 UTC

    Trump Says Pentagon Is Still Weighing Livestream of Nidal Hasan’s Execution

  6. 10 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    Planned livestream of Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN criticism

  7. 12 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    Vance casts doubt on plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s military execution

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Fort Hood · 18 outlets
  • Pete Hegseth · 14 outlets
  • Nidal Hasan · 14 outlets
  • Donald Trump · 11 outlets
  • Associated Press · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Catholic Bishops · from 9 Oct 16:35, 3 outlets
  • Human Rights · from 9 Oct 16:35, 2 outlets
  • Austin Scott · from 9 Oct 18:38, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • counts premeditated: 13 (3 from 6 Oct 13:38) → 45 (2 from 8 Oct 22:17)
  • years ago: 17 (2 from 6 Oct 13:38) → 80 (1 from 7 Oct 22:23) → 65 (1 from 8 Oct 22:13)

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