Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-08-24
The earthquake in Napa Valley battled Ferguson for the top topic in Cable News Twitter on Sunday, with the earthquake appearing to win out as the dominant topic.
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Ferguson Weakens As Top Topic in Cable News Twitter for Saturday, August 23, 2014
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-08-23
Fox News’ Cashin’ In (hosted by Eric Bolling) almost managed to eclipse Ferguson as the top topic on Cable News Twitter. But Ferguson clung to first place for another day. In terms of other topics, ISIS also was close to the top.
Ferguson and ISIS top topics in Cable News Twitter for Friday, August 22, 2014
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-08-22
Ferguson was still the top topic in Cable News Twitter on Friday, but ISIS was a close second.
Ferguson Continues As Top Topic in Cable News Twitter for Thursday, August 21, 2014
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-08-21
Ferguson is hanging in there at the top trending topic in Cable News. I suspect the media will pull back its on-site presence this weekend, which may well de-escalate Twitter as well. We’ll see.
Ferguson still dominates Cable News Twitter — but for how long?
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-08-20
Ferguson continues to dominate Cable News Twitter, which surprised me a bit, as I expected news of ISIS to at least get close to the top. Still, interest in Ferguson has started to wane in the past few days, as this chart shows:
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This is total mentions on Twitter, not just cable news related mentions, but it shows how the de-escalation on the streets diminishes the conversation on Twitter as well. The last time Ferguson was not the dominate topic was on the 16th. We can see that, without any new flare-ups, we should soon drop back to a similar level of Ferguson mentions; that will provide a low enough hurdle that other topics may move to the forefront.