EVENT 1: Senate Democrats Announce Budget Agreement
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘democrats, senate, trillion budget, budget resolution, infrastructure bill, dental vision, reconciliation bill’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Turmoil in Cuba and Haiti could have political ramifications for President Biden in Florida, where many residents have ties to the Caribbean nations. He’s under fire from Republicans and fellow Democrats over his cautious responses to the unfolding crises. https://t.co/Tz8hMxa9VQ
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) July 14, 2021
Senate Democrats say they have reached a $3.5 trillion budget agreement. https://t.co/Mkzzzc4nNW
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 14, 2021
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said this budget package, coupled with the bipartisan infrastructure bill currently being negotiated amongst members, comes "very, very close" to what Pres. Biden asked for when he laid out his families plan. https://t.co/fTSY3vRmoq
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 14, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 2: COVID: Delta Variant, Vaccinations
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘covid19, delta variant, vaccinated, #covid19, vaccination rates, vaccine, #getvaccinated, #deltavariant’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Norwegian calls Florida's ban on vaccine verification an “anomalous, misguided intrusion” that threatens the company's plan to resume cruises in the state https://t.co/GE9xYxZ4bc
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 14, 2021
As the Delta coronavirus variant rips through conservative areas, Republicans are slowly starting to publicly condemn vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. "The politicization of vaccination is an outrage and frankly moronic,” said Senator Mitt Romney. https://t.co/9NKat6JUaG
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 14, 2021
Tennessee abandons vaccine outreach to minors — and not just for COVID-19 https://t.co/Wq3kFcnjPI
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 13, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 3: Voting Rights Legislation
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘voting rights, people act, #forthepeopleact’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
No meanstream media covered this event
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 4: Iran Plot to Kidnap Journalist
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘iran, iranian, plot, kidnap’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Breaking News: An Iranian-American journalist living in Brooklyn was the target of an international kidnapping plot orchestrated by an Iranian intelligence network, federal prosecutors said. https://t.co/Dnp6s96iMV
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 14, 2021
Iranian intelligence agents plotted to kidnap a U.S.-based human-rights activist and critic of the Islamic Republic and forcibly return her to Iran, federal prosecutors said, marking an escalation of Iran's attempts to silence dissidents https://t.co/ShUvqaBSZd
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 14, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘race’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
No meanstream media covered this event