Sydney Siege, Lennon Lacy hanging top topics in Cable News Twitter on Monday, 12/15/14

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-12-15

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

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Cheney Torture Dick — Top Topics in Cable News Twitter for Sunday 12/14/14

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-12-14

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

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Meet the Press wins a sleepy Sunday on Cable News Twitter, 12/14/14

This is a “wow”: On Sunday, MSNBC’s replay of Meet The Press got more Twitter mentions during its broadcast than any other cable news show.  That shows a tremendous deflation of the crowds as the holiday season sets in.  Following MTP was both hours of Melissa Harris-Perry, then both hours of Up with Steve Kornacki, and then Fox News Sunday (at 2pm ET):

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Raw Data: 2014-12-14-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-14 Schedule.csv

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