There was a lot of news for Cable News Twitter to talk about Saturday. And as far as I can tell, the #1 topic was the cromnibus budget bill, the torture report, and then protests against police violence. But nothing stands out as being particularly dominant. Maybe just the season?
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Raw Data: 2014-12-13-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-13-WordStats.csv
Cashin’ In had another strong Saturday, leading the pack of Saturday shows by a mile:
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Cashin’ In’s mentions are down from its recent peaks. Reading the tea leaves, I suspect that recent events around the torture report and “cromnibus” budget aren’t as motivating as Obama making a new executive order; a current events show is at the whim of current events. The Kelly File’s special on the torture report last Friday, as an example, depressed her mentions as well.
As an aside, seeing guests live in the studio with Eric Bolling gave the show some extra pep. The physical interaction between Wayne and Jonathan was a more interesting than seeing everyone stuck in their boxes.
Following Cashin’ In’ was Judge Jeanine, then each hour of Melissa Harris-Perry, an hour of Up with Steve Kornacki, Red Eye, and then the other hour of Kornacki. Interesting that the MSNBC shows also registered noticeably low mentions. Well, the budget shenanigans are decidedly bi-partisan, I guess. Or everyone is at the mall this penultimate shopping weekend.
I want to wish my readers a Merry Christmas. May your preparations go easily and be over quick, so you can fully immerse yourself in the spirit of the season with friends and family.
Raw data for the day: 2014-12-13-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-13 Schedule.csv
The top two words in Cable News Twitter on Friday were “Tamir” and “Eric”, clearly demonstrating that ongoing discussions about police killings were dominating the conversation:
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Raw Data: 2014-12-12-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-12-WordStats.csv
Anderson Cooper won Cable News Twitter on Friday, giving him a rare best hour win. His mentions were driven by his interview with Samaria Rice, mother of slain 12-year old Tamir Rice. Following Cooper were Rachel Maddow, Chris hayes, Morning Joe, and Hannity. The normally first or second place Kelly File dropped to 8th place for her special on the torture report.
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Raw data for the day: 2014-12-12-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-12 Schedule.csv
Although I primarily focus on Social Media in this blog, I can’t resist looking at a good dataset that seems to have been overlooked by a lot of people. One example of this is Florida’s state payroll, which Governor Rick Scott put online as a government accountability project.
I have analyzed the data to examine the question about whether there’s a “gender pay gap” in the State of Florida’s payroll. The answer seems to be yes, but not blatant. The analysis covers, in detail, why that is (and isn’t).
More interestingly, perhaps, is that the analysis is 100% open source and reproducible. You can download the report here, and also download the complete analysis logic from Github. It’s yours for the taking, tweaking, or enhancing.
You can read the report here: GenderBias.pdf
And you can see the program that generates the report on Github.