There were two topics that consumed Cable News Twitter on Monday. The first was the death-by-hanging of NC african-american teen Lennon Lacy, which his family believes was a lynching and the FBI is now investigating. The second is the end of the hostage taking in Sydney, Australia.
These two topics were very close to each other in mentions:
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Full data for the day: 2014-12-15-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-15-WordStats.csv
Meet the Press had former Vice-President Dick Cheney as its guest, and not only did MPT win Cable News Twitter, but the topic of Dick Cheney and Torture dominated the conversation on Twitter:
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Raw data for the day: 2014-12-14-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-14-WordStats.csv
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
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
Thursday was a day full of tweet-worthy topics: The torture report, police killings, budget shenanigans. So what won out? The top topic was congressional staffers walking out to protest police violence, followed by torture and Stephen Colbert:
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The top word for the day, “just”, appears in several unrelated tweets with multiple meanings. Some mean now, as in the phrase “just in”. Some are in the sense of only, like “just him”. A few are in the sense of justice. But there’s no consistent usage I can discern to make it a topic unto itself.
Raw data: 2014-12-11-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-11-WordStats.csv