All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘olympics, olympic, #tokyo2020, gold medal, gold, team usa, usa, #olympics, tokyo, team, #tokyoolympics, medal, simone biles, basketball, naomi osaka’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Members of the German women’s gymnastics team competed in ankle-length unitards at the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. https://t.co/uPX2mu6mye
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 25, 2021
Clemens has created Olympic pieces that are made to be worn by both men and women. The outfits work as performance gear but also dare you to look away. His goal is to establish himself as on par with Nike and Reebok: in the same space, but different. https://t.co/MrI1aqR7z9 pic.twitter.com/xQD9XDB386
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2021
Kimia Alizadeh, a taekwondo fighter, became a hero after becoming the first woman to win an Olympic medal for Iran in 2016.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 25, 2021
Now, at #Tokyo2020, she is part of a refugee team. And she beat an Iranian opponent. https://t.co/JZn6wupFPu
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EVENT 2: January 6 Select Committee
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘adam kinzinger, january 6th, select committee, kevin mccarthy, jan 6th, capitol insurrection’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells @GStephanopoulos that she plans to name more Republicans to the Jan. 6 select committee after vetoing two of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s recommendations: “You could say that's the direction I would be going." https://t.co/AVAUEA9NF5 pic.twitter.com/H3qiZooTaq
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 25, 2021
JUST IN: Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger announces that he accepted Speaker Nancy Pelosi's invitation to participate in the Jan. 6 commission. https://t.co/yPeET9mvec
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 25, 2021
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EVENT 3: Coronavirus: Delta Variant
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘delta, variant, #deltavariant’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Americans have been hearing for months about the frightening rise of the Delta variant. But the virus is not the root cause of surging infection rates in parts of the country. Vaccine refusal and hesitancy are to blame. https://t.co/TtdbYy4FpI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 25, 2021
Though Covid vaccines protect against serious illness, they are not perfect shields against the virus, particularly not the Delta variant. Experts say “breakthrough” infections are still relatively uncommon. Here’s why they occur. https://t.co/Hi4lpcUUNV
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 22, 2021
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EVENT 4: Tucker Carlson Verbal Altercation
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘tucker carlson, tucker, #montanaman’
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