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Trump Pulled Off Secret Plane Swap Using Catering Truck After Iran Threat: Report
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Extra Extra has grouped 21 reports on this story from 19 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 7 left-leaning, 9 center, and 5 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 97 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 12 of the 19 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 7 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
This story has been covered over the span of about 4 days, making it a longer-running thread rather than a single news flash.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: Rolling Stone, NBC News, New York Times, CBS News, CBC News, The Daily Beast, Drop Site News, BBC News, Sky News, Straight Arrow News, UPI, Military.com, RTÉ News, Al Jazeera, Daily Wire, Townhall, Just the News, Legal Insurrection, The European Conservative.
Left(7)
Rolling StoneCAug 11, 4:15 AM
Trump Hid in an Airport Catering Cart Amid Iranian Threat: Report
Journalists and some White House staff were aboard the legacy Air Force One that served as a “decoy,” according to The Washington Post
NBC NewsBAug 11, 12:10 PM
Trump Secretly Switched Planes in Turkey Amid Reported Threat
Following the NATO summit in Turkey in July, President Donald Trump was seen boarding a decoy Air Force One. The Washington Post reports that after boarding the plane, he was whisked away to a nearby
New York TimesAAug 11, 11:11 AM
Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats
President Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.
CBS NewsBAug 11, 2:11 PM
How Trump was secretly moved between planes after Iran's missile threat
President Trump secretly moved between Air Force One and a military aircraft in Turkey after a missile threat from Iran, a U.S. official said. CBS News' Nancy Cordes explains what we know.
CBC NewsAAug 11, 2:40 PM
Trump was shuttled between planes in a catering truck during NATO trip as a ruse, major U.S. papers report
U.S. President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, a deception prompted by an Iranian
The Daily BeastCAug 11, 10:21 AM
WaPo Journalist Discusses Sourcing on Trump Ankara Flight Story
Sources leaked Donald Trump’s secret Air Force One escape because they thought the public has a right to know the scale of threats he faces, according to the reporter who broke the story. The White Ho
Drop Site NewsBAug 7, 3:34 PM
Dozens reported killed in Ansarallah attacks; Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign defense deal; Trump targets birthright citizenship
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Center(9)
BBC NewsAAug 11, 2:47 PM
Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say
The US president was reportedly part of a ruse where reporters were falsely told he was with them on Air Force One leaving a Nato summit in Turkey.
Sky NewsAAug 11, 6:04 AM
Trump 'whisked off plane via catering container before taking secret flight'
Donald Trump secretly left Turkey through a catering container to a military jet over a threat from Iran, according to US reports.
Straight Arrow NewsBAug 11, 12:00 PM
Trump boarded Air Force One in Turkey, then pulled a secret switch over Iran threat
Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey after U.S. intelligence detected an Iranian missile threat, according to The Washington Post.
UPIBAug 11, 2:11 PM
Reports: Trump took secret flight from Turkey last month amid threats from Iran
The White House said President Donald Trump was on Air Force One when he left Turkey last month but he secretly was on a different aircraft.
Military.comBAug 11, 2:33 PM
Trump Reportedly Secretly Switched Planes to Leave Ankara
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying
Straight Arrow NewsBAug 11, 11:30 AM
Colombia crews search for quake survivors; Trump’s secret Air Force One switch in Turkey
Plus, Trump declares the Strait of Hormuz open while Iran says otherwise. And the president orders changes to childhood vaccines, including spacing out shots and splitting the MMR vaccine.
RTÉ NewsAAug 11, 1:44 PM
Trump moved planes in catering truck amid threat - report
US President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary deception prompted b
Military.comBAug 11, 11:14 AM
Trump Used Elaborate Ruse to Fly Out of Turkey Following Summit Because of Iran Threat, Report Says
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft.
Al JazeeraBAug 11, 1:47 PM
What are Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan’s joint military capabilities?
The Mecca defence pact combines a top oil exporter, NATO's second-largest army and the only Muslim nuclear arsenal.
Right(5)
Daily WireCAug 11, 6:10 AM
Trump Pulled Off Secret Plane Swap Using Catering Truck After Iran Threat: Report
WASHINGTON — Amid an assassination threat from Iran, President Donald Trump secretly departed Turkey aboard an alternate military aircraft while the rest of the world thought he was on board Air Force
TownhallDAug 11, 10:55 AM
Scott Jennings Nailed What Was 'Unusual' About Trump's Secret Flight From Turkey. Libs Will Hate It.
Just the NewsCAug 11, 12:00 AM
Trump used elaborate plane switch in Turkey to avoid Iranian death threat: officials
Trump flew to Turkey for a NATO summit on a plane given to him by Qatar and meant to be used as Air Force
Legal InsurrectionCAug 11, 12:00 PM
WaPo: Trump Took Secret Flight to Evade Iranian Assassination Plot After NATO Summit
An elaborate “deception operation” undertaken to conceal the president's departure flight from Ankara. WaPo: Trump Took Secret Flight to Evade Iranian Assassination Plot After NATO Summit first appea
The European ConservativeDAug 7, 1:41 PM
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Mutual Defence Pact Amid Regional Tensions
The pact reflects Riyadh's efforts to broaden its strategic partnerships beyond its traditional reliance on the United States.
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