Events in Ukraine completely dominated cable news Twitter talk on Tuesday. Interestingly, while CNN usually takes first place by network, CNN dropped to third after Fox and MSNBC, leading me to suspect that the discussion of events had a very partisan tinge to it. Similarly, Obama, Putin, and Ukraine were top words mentioned in tweets…
MSNBC’s The Ed Show won best hour on Tuesday, beating out close second Sean Hannity. E! news had the best day overall, with Hannity coming in second in this category as well.
The results of the Academy Awards presentation and the events in Ukraine dominated the Twitter talk around cable news on Monday.
On Monday, Sean Hannity had the best hour on Twitter with The Ed Show in a close second. E! News had the best day overall with Hannity a distant second. These results reflects the twin trending topics on Monday of the results of the Oscars and the continuing events overseas.
And the trendy goes to … the oscars, which dominated the conversation on Cable News Twitter Sunday.
| Category | Mentions | Show |
| Most Mentions During Hour | 1309 | MSNBC: Up w/Steve Kornacki |
| Most Mentions During Day | 4928 | Fox News: Fox News Sunday |
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