As ebola claims its first victim in the USA, it also holds on to its place as the top topic in Cable News Twitter. ISIS came in a distant second:
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Top 100 words and tags for the day:
One of the weaknesses reporting Twitter metrics for Cable News shows is that there’s no bright line between cable news related tweets and those that have nothing to do with cable news. Such was the case on Wednesday, when Taylor Swift sent this tweet:
Look who she mentions!
That one tweet generated (at the time of writing) 8,800 retweets, which was enough to put Ronan Farrow into first place for both his hour and the whole day.
Is this meaningful? Is this reasonable? Not really, but it’s only a bit worse than Sean Hannity whose hours of radio broadcasts generate tweets that are counted for his Fox News show.
After Farrow, the best hour winners were Kelly, Colbert, Hannity, and Hayes. After Farrow, the best day winners were CNNi, Kelly, Hannity, and Colbert.
Top 30 shows for the day (by best hour):
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Raw data here: 2014-10-08-ShowStats.csv
Even though Leon Panetta was out making the rounds Tuesday, trying to sell his book with some sensationalist second-guessing of the President, he wasn’t able to dislodge Ebola from the top of the trending topics list or change the levels of conversation around ISIS or Benghazi:
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Perhaps it’s been because conservative reaction to Panetta has not been welcoming (see the comments in this article for an example). Panetta landed at #34 in the list, right behind “Flu”.
Top 100 words and tags for the day: 2014-10-07-TagStats.csv, 2014-10-07-WordStats.csv
The Kelly File won its normal best hour, but a surprise winner showed up for best day: The Colbert Report! Following Colbert for best day was Hannity (very close behind), CNNi, Kelly, and Maddow. Following Kelly for best hour was Maddow, Hayes, Hannity, and Colbert:
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You can download the raw data for the day here: 2014-10-07-ShowStats.csv
Ebola returns to the top of mind for Cable News Twitter on Monday, pushing ISIS back to second place.
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Top 100 words and tags for the day: