Apart from show specific hashtags, the top topic in Cable News Twitter on Saturday was ISIS. But ISIS is continuing to fade — so much that #Blackfish almost surpassed #Isis. (#Blackfish is the hashtag of the CNN documentary about killer whales — a documentary that has not been shown recently!).
ISIS lead the trending topics charts for Cable News Twitter, although not so strongly as before. As the President’s speech gets further and further back and little new news come out of the conflicts, we might see some other topic displace it soon. Or we might not. I am fairly certain of one of those two being true.
On a personal note, I apologize for the recent delay in posting updates to the blog, but I had to deal with this issue:
(That was in the hills above Palo Alto CA looking out over a fog covered Pacific Ocean)
ISIS managed to steal 9-11 away from, well, 9-11 on Cable News Twitter, perhaps driven by Fox News’ focus on current day problems and MSNBC’s throwing itself on the casket of Today show re-runs from 2001 (which I did not count given that it’s not really news at this point).
President Obama’s speech on ISIS was the top and dominant topic in Cable News Twitter on Wednesday.
ISIS is back on top of discussion as the President prepares for a nationwide address on Wednesday.