ITV News' Fairford plot report: more comments than likes
A report on whether the RAF Fairford plot is linked to Iran opened at about twelve times the pace of a typical ITV News first day.
ITV NewsStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 306,723 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (25,485).
Counter-terrorism police investigating if RAF Fairford terror plot is linked to Iran
Posted on Sunday, the report puts its question right in the title: are counter-terrorism police looking for a link between Iran and the plot around RAF Fairford? A day later, it is moving about twelve times faster than a new ITV News upload usually does on its first day.
The speed is only half of it. Beneath the video, comments already outnumber likes. On a straight news report, people are replying more often than they are tapping the thumbs-up.
The base at the center of it, RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, hosts US Air Force heavy bombers when they deploy to Britain. ITV News chose its words carefully. The title says police are "investigating if" the plot is linked to Iran, and it stops short of saying that it is.
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- Channel
- ITV News
- Subscribers
- 2,250,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,414,617
- Video published
- September 27, 2026
- Video views so far
- 86,510 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 306,723
The numbers
The figures below show a first day well beyond what this broadcaster's new reports usually draw, and a comment count that has already passed the likes.
