Cable News Twitter Ratings for Friday, May 23, 2014 — Guess who, again…

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Blackfish wins again.

Note to readers: A kind soul pointed out that I was probably not using all of the search terms I should for Fox News’ Red Eye.  I am almost certainly undercounting their mentions. This is fixed, going forward, but historical values should be looked upon skeptically.

The construction of the filters for various shows is often largely detective work (especially when the viewers use an unofficial hashtag or the shows themselves do not document their accounts and hashtags), and is always subject to error.  And I am certain I make many errors.

So if you suspect error, or are just curious, feel free to flag me down on Twitter (@socialseercom) or via email.  I am always happy to improve the statistics!

Thank you, Lindsey @lindz0990

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Cable News Twitter Ratings for Thursday, May 22, 2014 — Blackfish circles the tank

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Blackfish wins.  Not just best show, but most popular topic for the day.

Come on, CNN, why not just run the damn thing 24/7?.  You’ll save a lot of money.  It’s not like you’re planning on staying a news organization much longer.  You’ve turned Headline News into HLN, which I assume is short for Harpy Legal News.  You’re not sure whether you want to free your fish with Blackfish or fry them up with Bourdain.  And, apparently, the only news worth covering is either outrage or disaster.  My god, you lost Ali Veshi to Al Jazeera!  Al Jazeera! What’s next? Fareed Zakaria moves over to Comedy Central? (To be fair to Comedy Central, they do cover the news with more depth, so this could be a great idea).

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