Here’s the day by day, network by network count of mentions during November:
You can see that during the elections Fox News did better than the other networks, while in the aftermath of the Ferguson grand jury decision CNN did better.
Raw data: 2014 11 Mentions By Day By Network.csv
R code to produce chart: loadMentions.R and plotMentions.R
Monday’s conversation was dominated by conversation about Ferguson…
Raw data: 2014-12-01-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-01-WordStats.csv
Morning Joe became all-day Joe as Joe Scarborough’s comments about media coverage of Ferguson ricocheted around the twitter-verse, giving him the most mentions throughout the day. And even though The Kelly File won best hour, Morning Joe was just a bit behind her in that category:
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Although much of the conversation on Twitter was scathing about Scarborough, it is interesting to note that it was his conservative side, even on MSNBC, that brought him Fox News levels of buzz.
Raw data for the Day: 2014-12-01-ShowStats.csv
The “hug shared around the world” leapt off the charts on Sunday, giving a different cast to the ongoing discussion about Ferguson.
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There was very little else that seized the imagination of Twitter users yesterday.
Raw data: 2014-11-30-TagStats.csv and 2014-11-30-WordStats.csv
A strong day for the Melissa Harris-Perry show, with it winning both the best hour and best day. Sunday’s top 5 was a clean sweep for MSNBC:
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Raw data for day: 2014-11-30-ShowStats.csv