EVENT 1: Coronavirus: Vaccinations, Delta Variant
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘vaccinated, delta variant, covid19, #covid19, variant, vaccine, #deltavariant, vaccination rates, #getvaccinated, unvaccinated’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Indiana University can require students to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, a federal judge affirmed on Monday. It appeared to be the first ruling upholding a Covid vaccine mandate by a university. https://t.co/daZdNmbm3E
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 19, 2021
Biden’s surgeon general backs localized mask mandates as delta variant drives rise in covid cases https://t.co/ravmkGfQPB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2021
Canada to open its border to fully vaccinated U.S. citizens on Aug. 9 https://t.co/7njkCuw3yV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 19, 2021
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EVENT 2: Capitol Rioter Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
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‘months, paul hodgkins, capitol rioter, domestic terrorism, hodgkins’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Fact Checker: For months, Sen. Ron Johnson has been peddling misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. His statements remain unsupported by science. https://t.co/MjZ6rSuIqQ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 16, 2021
As Pres. Biden approaches six months in office, @FiveThirtyEight's @NateSilver538 weighs in on whether or not he buys the president's current approval rating as a bellwether for Democrats come the midterms. https://t.co/QDxcmDrgQo pic.twitter.com/Tpfvf33iHZ
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 18, 2021
It will take a few months, but it appears that Trump’s drenching showerheads will soon be gone. https://t.co/M4B255Hwyt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 19, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘nso group, pegasus spyware, israeli spyware, spyware, nso, pegasus project, #pegasusproject, #pegasus, pegasus’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Military-grade Israeli spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, human rights activists, business executives and the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a global investigation finds. https://t.co/X0LbRPAy0l
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2021
Pegasus was engineered a decade ago by Israeli ex-cyberspies with government-honed skills.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2021
The Israeli Defense Ministry must approve any license to a government that wants to buy it, according to previous NSO statements. https://t.co/Ep00lrRPst pic.twitter.com/9KcFSutxdr
Apple’s iPhone, considered to be the gold standard for security, shown to be vulnerable to spyware intended for tracking terrorists https://t.co/OZlwdJQbGP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 19, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 4: Tokyo Olympics: Opening Ceremony, Positive COVID Tests
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘olympics, tokyo, opening ceremony, #tokyo2020, olympic, #tokyoolympics’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Becca Meyers, a deaf-blind swimmer with a chance to medal in four events, pulled the plug on her Olympic dream after her mother, her personal care assistant, was not permitted to travel with her to Tokyo https://t.co/8uVxDmsLzV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 19, 2021
A Tokyo court gives prison sentences to two Americans who helped former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn escape Japan https://t.co/jWAtXCNS67
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 19, 2021
This summer, at least a dozen moms will compete for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics, among them some of the most accomplished and famous female athletes of their era. For Olympian moms, that aspect of their lives is an essential part of their stories. https://t.co/U9fGOsGrQp
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘race, #c’
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