Trending Topics in Cable News, March 17, 2014: Planes and Beer

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-03-17

Putin may be making his moves on Crimea, but on Twitter he was no match for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane and … Saint Patrick’s Day.  Despots of the world should know, their next big chance to make a move when nobody’s looking (or sober) is Cinco de Mayo. Mark your calendars!

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Cable News Trending Topics for Friday, March 14: Planes and #McConnelling

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-03-14

A strange divergence on Twitter Friday: In terms of hashtags, the tag #McConnelling took top spot, driven by Jon Stewart’s launching of the Internet meme.  Conversely, in terms of actual words people used in their tweets, the missing Malaysia Airline’s plane dominated the conversation.

Shameless plug: My video for #McConnelling, where I recast Mitch as “Smiling Mitch” from the Enzyte male-enhancement pill commercials.

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Trending Topics in Cable News for Thursday, March 13, 2014 – Missing plane mysteries

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-03-13

The ongoing mystery around the missing Malaysia Airlines flight dominated cable news Twitter on Thursday.  Other trending topics included Chicagoland, the weekly show on CNN, and #McConnelling, the Daily Show‘s meme of replacing the sound track on a wordless Mitch McConnell campaign video.

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