EVENT 1: Race Debates in US Politics and Elections
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘derek chauvin, george floyd, voting rights, tucker carlson, justice department, mark milley, voting restrictions, voter suppression, minneapolis police, joint chiefs, general milley, suing georgia, chauvin, merrick garland, voting law, gen milley, floyd family, white rage, george, floyd, #georgefloyd, derek, justice dept, critical race, gen mark, race theory, black voters, #derekchauvin, maximum sentence, stephen miller, biden doj, black people, election integrity, georgia, #derekchauvinsentencing, fulton county, election laws, #chauvinsentencing’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
BREAKING: Garland: "Today, the Department of Justice is suing the state of Georgia," alleging "changes to Georgia's election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of Black Georgians to vote on account of their race or color." https://t.co/WAPNk9fOCF pic.twitter.com/tmvagIK9RA
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 25, 2021
Justice Dept. to file lawsuit against state of Georgia over new voting restrictions https://t.co/CoN92Qed2f
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 25, 2021
Breaking News: Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, in a case that set off the largest civil rights movement in the U.S. in decades. https://t.co/MDvdU9yzyR pic.twitter.com/vB0y7D9fQn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 25, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 2: Inquiry into Trump Organization
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘trump organization, criminal charges, trump, tax evasion, rudy giuliani, audit update’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is said to have told Donald Trump's lawyers that it's considering filing criminal charges against his family business, the Trump Organization, in connection with fringe benefits the company awarded a top executive. https://t.co/YhchmJhuFy
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 25, 2021
"Nightmare Scenario" book review: How Trump’s blunders fueled our coronavirus nightmare https://t.co/FhpnbphW5k
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 25, 2021
A caravan of Trump backers tried to run a Biden bus off a road. Now they’re being sued under an anti-KKK act. https://t.co/aVZMN1iriD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 25, 2021