Everyone has the same question in the midterms — where's the beef? (And how much does it cost?)
Fadingcorroborated5 outlets reported this themselves in 8 reports over 2 days - more reporting than echo.
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
- nbcchicago.comseen 28 Oct, 17:35headline rewritten
Democrats and Republicans fight over beef and how much it costs.Democrats and Republicans are having a food fight over who is the most red-blooded carnivore.
The headline, as it mutated - 2 wordings
- 15 Oct, 04:06Everyone has the same question in the midterms — where's the beef? (And how much does it cost?)2 outlets
- 15 Oct, 17:15Democrats and Republicans fight over beef and how much it costs.3 outlets
- and 3 one-off wordings
original reportingcopies
Thu, 15 October 2026peak 7 reports on Thu, 15 October 2026Sat, 24 October 2026
What it is about
Hannah FingerhutJames TalaricoJosh TurekManny RutinelLindsay JamesNathan CalvertAshley HinsonScott ColomCindy Hyde-SmithGabe EvansAssociated PressDemocratic SenateFacebookBureau Of Labor StatisticsRepublican SenateMississippi, United StatesTexas, United StatesDes Moines, Iowa, United StatesDenver, Colorado, United StatesArizona, United States
Who published it, and when
original reportcopyedited after publishingfirst to report
abcnews.com
netscape.com
dailybulletin.com
nbcwashington.com
nbcdfw.com
nbcphiladelphia.com
nbcchicago.com
15 Oct, 04:06over 13 hours15 Oct, 17:15
1 report left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place
How it spread - 5 original reports, 3 reprints
Thu, 15 October 2026
4 reports- abcnews.com04:06first to report
In the midterm elections, meat has become a surprising political battleground
- netscape.com06:00
1 reprint
- dailybulletin.com15 Oct, 15:21their copy
- nbcchicago.com17:15edited after publishing
previously
Democrats and Republicans fight over beef and how much it costs.1 reprint
- nbcwashington.com15 Oct, 17:15their copy
- nbcphiladelphia.com17:15
1 reprint
- nbcdfw.com15 Oct, 17:15their copy
Sat, 24 October 2026
1 report- iDNES (Czechia)18:31
Ve volbách do amerického Kongresu je na programu maso. Zatímco se demokraté a republikáni přou o vysoké ceny a válku s Íránem, vedou zároveň i potravinovou bitvu o to, kdo je zapálenějším masožravcem.