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Trump uses taxpayer money for propaganda ads

15 publications, in the order they reported. The story spread over 55 hours 57 minutes. Words in highlight are ones the first headline did not use. All top stories · On NewsMarkets

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Publications over time

14:30 UTC22:27 UTC15 publications
Publications in order of reporting
#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstThe HillTrump uses taxpayer money for propaganda ads by Svante Myrick
2+8 hours 17 minutesCBS NewsTrump says he'll start paying for ads after pushback over taxpayer funding
3+9 hours 4 minutesSouth China Morning Post (limited free articles)Trump says will pay for TV ads after pushback over taxpayer funding close to election
4+9 hours 17 minutesWashington Post (limited free articles)Trump reverses course, says he won’t use taxpayer money for campaign-style ads by Natalie Allison
5+9 hours 35 minutesVarietyTrump Says He’ll Pay for ‘Patriotic Ads’ Himself Following Controversy Around Taxpayer-Funded TV Spots by Payton Turkeltaub
6+9 hours 49 minutesDeadlineDonald Trump Says His Political Entity Will Now Pay For TV Ads Rather Than Taxpayers by Ted Johnson
7+10 hours 25 minutesFinancial Times (paywall)Trump says he will use Maga Inc to pay for taxpayer-funded ads
8+10 hours 35 minutesThe GuardianTrump says Super Pac will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked outcry by Cecilia Nowell
9+11 hours 22 minutesAl JazeeraTrump says taxpayers will no longer fund TV ads that praise him
10+12 hours 2 minutesDeutsche WelleTrump says taxpayers will no longer fund controversial TV ads after backlash
11+13 hours 10 minutesRoll CallTrump reverses course on publicly funded TV political ads by Aidan Quigley
12+29 hours 3 minutesAxiosTrump's PAC won't pay taxpayers back for his ads by Josephine Walker
13+30 hours 21 minutesPoliticoJohnson defends Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads — but says it’s ‘good’ MAGA Inc. is paying now by Meredith Lee Hill
14+55 hoursFox NewsDNC lawsuit accuses Trump admin of diverting $20M in federal funds for 'propaganda' ads
15+55 hours 57 minutesFrance 24DNC sues Trump administration over taxpayer-funded TV ads promoting president by FRANCE 24

Who covered it, by audience

13 of 15 publications on this story have an audience score.

Publications by the political lean of their audience
Audience leans Democratic (5)Mixed audience (7)Audience leans Republican (1)

Audience lean comes from Robertson, R. E., Jiang, S., Joseph, K., Friedland, L., Lazer, D., and Wilson, C. (2018), Auditing Partisan Audience Bias within Google Search, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2(CSCW), article 148, used with the authors' permission. The score shows which party's registered voters, on Twitter, shared an outlet's links more. It is not a rating of the outlet's own slant, and it dates from 2018. See how we use it.