EVENT 1: Coronavirus: Vaccinations, Delta Variant
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘vaccinated, delta variant, delta, #covid19, variant, covid, tested positive, vaccination rates, #deltavariant, unvaccinated, #getvaccinated’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis said that restoring the mask mandate is "not punishment, but prevention" as the county responds to the alarming spike in COVID-19 cases and the highly transmissible delta variant. https://t.co/uNWCeVtxsG
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 18, 2021
"It's not punishment, it's prevention."@HildaSolis defends Los Angeles County reinstating a mask mandate—including for those who are vaccinated—as daily cases increase. https://t.co/ZVOP5NClts pic.twitter.com/c87k4eo6GA
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 18, 2021
Three Texas House Democrats who fled to Washington earlier this week to prevent voting restrictions from being passed in their state have tested positive for the coronavirus https://t.co/8VSsaeKN6E
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 17, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 2: Shooting outside Nationals Park in DC
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘nationals park, game, nats park’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
No meanstream media covered this event
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 3: America First Rally forced to cancel
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘matt gaetz, marjorie taylor, #americafirst, marjorie’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
No meanstream media covered this event
How much and how flocks talked about it
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘race, #criticalracetheory’
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No meanstream media covered this event
How much and how flocks talked about it
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘nso group, pegasus spyware, #pegasusproject, nso, #pegasus’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
The phones appeared on a list of more than 50,000 numbers that are concentrated in countries known to engage in surveillance of their citizens and also known as clients of the Israeli firm, NSO Group, according to the investigation by The Post and 16 media partners. pic.twitter.com/pZPPvoDd24
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2021
NSO’s Pegasus spyware has been used to target 189 journalists, #PegasusProject also found.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2021
They include reporters working overseas for several leading U.S.-based news organizations, including a small number from CNN, the Associated Press, the New York Times and more. pic.twitter.com/BKY5yJjMom
NSO’s Pegasus spyware was used to secretly target the smartphones of the two women closest to murdered Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to digital forensic analysis. https://t.co/cPpq7SLLQb pic.twitter.com/O55qRNaaSh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2021
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EVENT 6: Positive COVID tests ahead of Tokyo Olympics
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘positive, tokyo olympics, olympic village, olympics’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
The long-feared possibility that the Covid-19 pandemic could disrupt the Tokyo Olympics is rapidly emerging as a reality, as Games organizers scramble to deal with a rising load of athletes and officials who are testing positive upon arrival in Japan https://t.co/p8Di9hubYW
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 18, 2021