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Local television stations in Cleveland, Ohio, did not feature the President's rally as the top story on October 28, 2026.

Posted by Bannon`s War Room, Checked

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Bannon`s War RoomOct 28, 2026
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No source reports how Cleveland local TV stations ranked the October 28, 2026 Trump rally in their newscasts, so the central claim cannot be graded. The only account of the ranking is the claimant's own podcast remarks, which are not evidence, and the claim's Cleveland focus is narrower than the post's broader Ohio framing.

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What was said

… No, and I monitor it. At around noon, I figured most of the local stations, this would be top of the show. There were a couple of stations in Columbus were following it, but when I looked at those Cleveland stations, I mean, I think at one station it might have been a Columbus station but I was surprised at how low this rally was on the list, and the coverage was not that big in these local Ohio markets. One was talking about, like, National Chocolate Day, I mean, and the weather. The weather was all over the place. Weather was top of show, and then some local crime, but the rally was not top of show, which I thought it would be. …
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What we found

Context. The rally itself is well covered: AP, Ideastream, and NewsRadio WTAM report on Trump's October 28 Chillicothe rally, but none says where it placed in any Cleveland station's newscast.[1][2][3][4]

Context. Cleveland-area pages in the sources (cleveland.com, cleveland19.com) show rally-related headlines or unrelated stories but no newscast rundown or story ranking for October 28, so they neither confirm nor refute the claim.[5][6]

Context. The only statement that local Cleveland stations gave the rally low placement comes from the claimant's own remarks on the Bannon's War Room episode, which cannot corroborate the claim.

Sources

6 sources: 6 not rated

  1. 1President Trump visits Chillicothe to campaign for Ohio ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
  2. 2President Donald Trump rallies supporters in Chillicothe in third Ohio rally ahead of midtermsideastream.org · not rated · cited for: context
  3. 3Trump Rallies Supporters In Chillicothe, Ohio | Newsradio WTAM 1100wtam.iheart.com · not rated · cited for: context
  4. 4Trump in Ohio and Obama in Georgia make closing stretch appeals ...fox8.com · not rated · cited for: context
  5. 5Pres. Trump returns to South Carolinacleveland19.com · not rated · cited for: context
  6. 6Cleveland OH Local News, Breaking News, Sports & ...cleveland.com · not rated · cited for: context

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