3 outlets · filed 25 September 2026

Caleb Flynn's mistress reads text in trial for his wife's murder: "I want to kill her." #shorts

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ABC News is the only outlet to foreground the AI-generated love songs played for the jury, while CBS News centers the mistress’s testimony and the reading of texts. Both CBS and ABC frame the story around Caleb Flynn’s murder trial and his former “American Idol” identity. Ben Shapiro’s item is much less specific in the extract, offering only a generic headline about “shocking testimony” in the trial.

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