How has the Gabby Petito story been covered on television news? The timeline below shows total mentions of her and her fiance across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, showing a slow linear building of coverage over more than a week, rather than a sudden sharp burst of coverage, suggesting the story grew slowly and organically. Fox News reached peak mentions on September 20 and then began pivoting away from the story, while CNN continued to devote ever more airtime to the story over the following days.