What was hot on Cable News, January 7, 2014

Starting today, I’m breaking my Cable News Twitter Ratings into two posts.  The first, this one, is a summary of what was the hot topics of discussion on Twitter.  The second will be the detailed rankings for each cable news show. 

Cable News Ratings for 2014-01-07

Top Shows for the day:

Category Mentions Show
Most Mentions During Hour 1947 MSNBC: All In w/ Chris Hayes
Most Mentions During Day 10220 CNN: Piers Morgan Live

Overall ratings by network

Network Tweet Count Unique Tweeters Reach Male Female
CNN 37782 28484 373883725 72 % 28 %
MSNBC 25941 11682 127685219 56 % 44 %
Fox News 24443 14290 104470744 64 % 36 %
E 7985 6177 60015564 24 % 76 %
Comedy Central 7586 6488 20473087 63 % 37 %
HLN 4313 2609 21460956 49 % 51 %
Al Jazeera 2932 2029 15440879 58 % 42 %
HBO 953 635 5394938 75 % 25 %

Most popular hastags

Hashtag Count
#tcot 2415
#inners 2099
#lnyhbt 1987
#polarvortex 1779
#united 1775
#edshow 1646
#maddow 1517
#newday 1012
#unitedinmisery 958
#p2 950

Tag Cloud across all shows

#5things #ac360 #ac360later #aca #askpiers #bahrain #bcs #bcschampionship #benghazi #ccot #ces #ces2014 #chicago #cnn #colorado #crossfire #ctl #dailyshow #dennisrodman #edshow #egypt #foxnews #freethe7 #gates #gayrights #getglue #globalwarming #goldenglobes #gone #gop #greta #hadagoodrun #hannity #hardball #hardlyknewye #heardonfox #hottieoftheweek #inners #iran #iraq #keepyourpromise #kellyfile #lastword #libcrib #lnyhbt #maddow #makedclisten #makeyourowndailyshow #maliki #marijuana #morningjoe #msnbc #nerdland #newday #news #nfl #northkorea #not #nra #obama #obamacare #occupyhamburg #ocra #opslam #orpuw #outinthecold #p2 #pjnet #polarbearsathalfmast #polarvortex #politicsnation #popeblueivy #pot #potshortage #rednationrising #renewui #republicans #rodman #satanists #seminoles #smsaudio #tcot #tdsbreakingnews #teamedshow #teaparty #tgdn #thecycle #thefive #thelead #thingsthatoffendliberals #tlot #tpp #ui #unemployment #uniteblue #united #unitedinmisery #uppers #weather #wiunion

 

Word Cloud across all shows

7pm americans announced athletes bad bc believe benefits best can cnn co cold college comes day dennis develop espn2 est et even football game get glaucoma global go good gop great hahahaha heading hear help holtz house hug insurance interview jobs johnny just know korea less life like live lou love make mariju marijuana medicinal miss need new news north now obama obamacare one party people please pot read real really right rodman say says see set show state still story stupid think threat time today tonight tune unemployment us vote want warming watch will work world year years yes

  

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Apology buzz dies out on Twitter re Melissa Harris-Perry – Cable News Twitter Ratings for January 5, 2014

The Twitter buzz around the Melissa Harris-Perry show subsided on Sunday, as the uproar over the apology about comments on Mitt Romney’s Christmas card began to fade.  A quick look at the word cloud shows that while the apology was still in the mix, other subjects like homelessness were more frequently mentioned:

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Compare that with Saturday’s word cloud

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And you can see the change in topics a day makes.

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