Oddly enough, the crash of the Germanwings Airbus did not make it to the top of the topics on Friday, leaving the normal mish-mash of domestic politics to top the conversation.
Raw data: 2015-03-27-TagStats.csv and 2015-03-27-WordStats.csv
Eric Bolling’s hosting of The O’Reilly Factor won Cable News Twitter on Friday, getting the best hour and best day overall.
Raw Data: 2015-03-27-ShowStats.csv
There’s no doubt that the conversation about the crash of the Germanwings plane was the dominant topic on Cable News Twitter on thursday, with news about Bowe Bergdahl a more distant second.
Raw data: 2015-03-26-TagStats.csv and 2015-03-26-WordStats.csv
3/28/15 Revision:
The first version of this analysis failed to take into consideration that Eric Bolling was guest hosting the O’Reilly Factor. Including his mentions to the counts changed the outcome dramatically: while before The Kelly File and CNNi had won best hour and best day overall, the revised statistics show that The O’Reilly Factor won both.
Raw data: 2015-03-26-ShowStats.csv
The charging of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with desertion was the dominant topic in Cable News Twitter on Wednesday, with the crash of the Germanwings flight a close second.
Raw data: 2015-03-25-TagStats.csv and 2015-03-25-WordStats.csv