Thursday was all Colbert all the time, as his show’s ending dominated the conversation on Cable News Twitter:
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Raw data for day: 2014-12-18-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-18-WordStats.csv
Stephen Colbert left the air on top of Cable News Twitter, winning both Best Day and Best Hour. Following Colbert for best hour was the 6pm showing of Colbert, Hannity, Kelly, and Schultz:
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Raw data: 2014-12-18-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-18 Schedule.csv
Wednesday was brought to you by the letter C, as Cuba and Colbert were the topics that dominated Cable News Twitter yesterday:
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Raw data: 2014-12-17-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-17-WordStats.csv
The waning days of the Colbert Report are giving it a strong finish on Cable News Twitter and a win in both best day and best hour on Wednesday. It was also a surprisingly weak day for the rest of Cable News on Twitter, with Colbert being followed by Hannity, a re-run of Colbert at 9am EST, Chris Hayes, and The Kelly File:
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ICYMI, my blog post about the Sony Hack and why the Sony Executives are not completely innocent.
Raw data for the day: 2014-12-17-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-17 Schedule.csv
One tweet ruled cabled news Twitter on Tuesday:
What don’t police in your community understand? What do you want to #AskACop as part of our #CopsUnderFire special? pic.twitter.com/WZLnI5pICv
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) December 16, 2014
Because of that, #askacop trended heavily — mostly in response to this and related tweets:
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Raw data for the day: 2014-12-16-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-16-WordStats.csv