EVENT 1: Coronavirus: Delta Variant, Vaccinations, Ron Desantis, Obama Birthday Party
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘covid, delta variant, birthday party, vaccine mandates, mask mandates, vaccine, fully vaccinated, #covid19, ron desantis, vaccinated, dr fauci, #desantisvariant, mask mandate, #getvaccinated, wearing masks, anti vaxxers, #deltavariant, masks, #covid, vaccination rates’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas said Sunday that he had made a mistake in signing a law banning mask mandates in his state.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 8, 2021
“It was an error to sign that law. I admit that." https://t.co/ybjfybUzj1
A nurse who lost both her parents to Covid-19 says she does not regret their decision not to get the vaccine, but that she resents judgment from friends asking why they didn't get the shot: “Some people make us feel like it’s our fault they’re gone.” https://t.co/xh4tqiSdwh
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 8, 2021
“Am I going to be able to be a good student ever again? Because this is really scary.”
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 8, 2021
The lingering physical, mental and neurological symptoms of long Covid are affecting children as well as adults, including many who had mild cases. https://t.co/AEFF8Ye9bD
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 2: Interviews of DOJ Officials On Trump Post-Election Efforts
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘jeffrey rosen, attorney general, senate judiciary, rosen, jeffrey clark, justice department, doj’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Jeffrey A. Rosen, former President Trump’s acting attorney general, told the Justice Department watchdog and congressional investigators on Friday that one of his deputies tried to help Mr. Trump subvert the results of the 2020 election. https://t.co/2KRNy4S23d
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 8, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 3: Chicago Police Officer Fatally Shot
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘police, traffic stop, #backtheblue, cori bush’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Since 2000, there have been at least eight suspected lynchings of Black men and teenagers in Mississippi, according to court records and police reports. https://t.co/QajXXcvvj3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 8, 2021
Husband-wife Seattle police officers fired for being at Capitol riot https://t.co/MAQhNK8GYP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 7, 2021
On-duty police officers have fatally shot more than 6,400 people since 2015, according to The Post’s database. That's an average of nearly a thousand a year, or almost three each day.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 6, 2021
The toll even reached a new high of 1,021 fatal shootings in 2020. https://t.co/ML6Cupl7Ju pic.twitter.com/aO2gpPJMHk
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 4: Antifa Interrupts Christian Prayer Event
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘antifa, christian, proud boys, portland’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
The leader of the far-right group Proud Boys was arrested in Washington on Monday, on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter banner torn from a historic Black church during protests last month. https://t.co/piBpiPXqkB
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 4, 2021