Crossfiled3 outlets · filed 25 September 2026
Former mistress testifies at Caleb Flynn trial
The former mistress of Caleb Flynn, Alleigha Botner, testified this week at his murder trial, reading some of the thousands of text messages between the lovers.
ABC News
What the coverage shows
All five outlets center on the trial testimony from Caleb Flynn’s former mistress, and CBS News, 60 Minutes and ABC News all highlight her reading text messages in court. ABC News is the only outlet that names the mistress, Alleigha Botner, while CNN uniquely foregrounds AI-generated love songs played in the courtroom and the audience’s reactions. Ben Shapiro’s headline is much vaguer, offering only that the testimony was “shocking.”
Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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