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Trump weighs renewed Iran strikes or deal, rules out immediate attack

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 50 101 2 Oct 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 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 1 Nov 1 Oct 16:33 UTC · Iran Rejects Talks as Trump Leaves Open Further Strikes 1 Oct 18:07 UTC · Trump Leaves Open Further Iran Strikes as Midterm Concerns Grow 2 Oct 00:09 UTC · Trump Won’t Rule Out Further Iran Strikes Before Midterm Elections 8 Oct 06:46 UTC · White House disputes criticism of Trump’s remarks on US cities as Iran policy draws scrutiny 8 Oct 18:10 UTC · Trump says US will not attack Iran before Nov. 3 midterms 9 Oct 00:08 UTC · Trump rules out U.S. strikes on Iran before November midterms 9 Oct 06:42 UTC · Trump says U.S. will not strike Iran before November midterms 9 Oct 12:10 UTC · Trump says U.S. will not attack Iran before midterm elections 9 Oct 18:11 UTC · Trump says U.S. will not attack Iran before November midterms 10 Oct 06:49 UTC · Trump says U.S. will not attack Iran before November midterms 10 Oct 12:14 UTC · Trump says U.S. will not strike Iran before November midterms 25 Oct 06:17 UTC · Trump says US could strike Iran again or reach an agreement 25 Oct 12:18 UTC · Trump raises prospect of renewed US strikes on Iran while leaving room for deal 25 Oct 18:19 UTC · Trump weighs renewed Iran strikes or a negotiated deal 26 Oct 00:17 UTC · Trump rules out immediate Iran strike while weighing renewed military action or a deal 26 Oct 06:18 UTC · Trump weighs renewed Iran strikes or deal, rules out immediate attack

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 16 HEADLINES

  1. 28 Sep, 18:12 UTC

    Iran denies plans for US talks as tensions persist over Hormuz

  2. 1 Oct, 16:33 UTC

    Iran Rejects Talks as Trump Leaves Open Further Strikes

  3. 1 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Trump Leaves Open Further Iran Strikes as Midterm Concerns Grow

  4. 2 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Trump Won’t Rule Out Further Iran Strikes Before Midterm Elections

  5. 8 Oct, 06:46 UTC

    White House disputes criticism of Trump’s remarks on US cities as Iran policy draws scrutiny

  6. 8 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Trump says US will not attack Iran before Nov. 3 midterms

  7. 9 Oct, 00:08 UTC

    Trump rules out U.S. strikes on Iran before November midterms

  8. 9 Oct, 06:42 UTC

    Trump says U.S. will not strike Iran before November midterms

  9. 9 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Trump says U.S. will not attack Iran before midterm elections

  10. 9 Oct, 18:11 UTC

    Trump says U.S. will not attack Iran before November midterms

  11. 10 Oct, 12:14 UTC

    Trump says U.S. will not strike Iran before November midterms

  12. 25 Oct, 06:17 UTC

    Trump says US could strike Iran again or reach an agreement

  13. 25 Oct, 12:18 UTC

    Trump raises prospect of renewed US strikes on Iran while leaving room for deal

  14. 25 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    Trump weighs renewed Iran strikes or a negotiated deal

  15. 26 Oct, 00:17 UTC

    Trump rules out immediate Iran strike while weighing renewed military action or a deal

  16. 26 Oct, 06:18 UTC

    Trump weighs renewed Iran strikes or deal, rules out immediate attack

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Donald Trump · 17 outlets
  • Islamic Republic · 8 outlets
  • Saudi Arabia · 7 outlets
  • Masoud Pezeshkian · 7 outlets
  • Abbas Araghchi · 6 outlets
  • Vladimir Putin · 4 outlets
  • Revolutionary Guards · 4 outlets
  • Al Jazeera · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Mohsen Rezaei · from 9 Oct 13:19, 5 outlets
  • Benjamin Netanyahu · from 20 Oct 03:00, 4 outlets
  • Los Angeles · from 6 Oct 13:48, 3 outlets
  • San Diego · from 6 Oct 13:48, 3 outlets
  • Midterm Elections · from 8 Oct 16:49, 3 outlets
  • Associated Press · from 8 Oct 17:41, 2 outlets
  • Some Iranian · from 9 Oct 13:19, 2 outlets
  • Mohsen Paknejad · from 9 Oct 13:19, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • cubic meters: 230 million (1 from 26 Sep 20:58) → 100 million (1 from 26 Sep 20:58) → 726 million (1 from 26 Sep 20:58) → 152 million (1 from 26 Sep 20:58) → 573 million (1 from 26 Sep 20:58) → 250 million (1 from 26 Sep 20:58) → 30 million (1 from 26 Sep 20:58) → 397 million (1 from 26 Sep 20:58)
  • barrels oil: 105 million (1 from 1 Oct 15:30) → 22 million (1 from 8 Oct 17:41) → 17.1 million (1 from 15 Oct 11:41) → 2.9 million (1 from 15 Oct 11:41)

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