Quite the unusual day — All in With Chris Hayes won best hour while CNNi won best day.
Raw data: 2014-10-20-ShowStats.csv
Ebola, Pumpkinfest, and Ferguson top topics in Cable News Twitter on Sunday, October 19, 2014
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-10-19
Sunday saw the continuing dominance of Ebola as a topic in Cable News Twitter. The reaction to the Pumpkinfest riot in New Hampshire and comparisons of it to protests in Ferguson also generated a lot of buzz:
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Melissa Harris-Perry wins Sunday, October 19, on Cable News Twitter
If it’s Sunday, it’s Melissa Harris-Perry … and Meet The Press. The two shows won best hour and best day, respectively, on Cable News.
Meet The press needs an asterisk, of course, in that it is shown not only on Cable but on traditional broadcast stations as well, and it is impossible to separate tweets that were generated from the respective showings, but it doesn’t take a large leap of faith to believe that the Melissa Harris-Perry show also won best day purely on Cable News, given her 4617 mentions throughout the day (compared to MTP’s 5594).
The runners-up to MHP for best hour were an interesting group: Parts Unknown missed 1st place by 5 tweets while Last Week Tonight, Melissa Harris-Perry (the 10 am hour), and both hours of Up with Steve Kornacki followed after that:
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Ebola, yes, but policing in America too: Trending Topics in Cable News for Saturday, October 18, 2014
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-10-18
Some days, the topics drive the conversation by themselves — like the constant Twitter talk about Ebola. But some days, the shows drive the topics that drive the conversation. Sunday was a bit of a day like this, where Ebola still dominated the conversation, but as you venture down the ranks you can see conversation about police and policing in America being driven by the MSNBC Saturday morning shows:
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You can download the raw data here: 2014-10-18-TagStats.csv and 2014-10-18-WordStats.csv
Cashin’ In dominates Cable News Twitter on Saturday, October 18, 2014
It’s Saturday, so you know who won Cable News Twitter: Fox News’ Cashin’ In with Eric Bolling. What’s more, it received more mentions than the next 5 shows combined — more than the four hours of MSNBC’s Up with Steve Kornacki and Melissa Harris-Perry show together:
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Raw data: 2014-10-18-ShowStats.csv