EVENT 1: Coronavirus: Mask/Vaccine Mandates
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘mask mandates, school board, school, vaccinated, mask mandate, wear masks, #covid19, masks, mask, vaccine mandates, vaccine mandate’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California will mandate teachers and other school employees either have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to regular testing. https://t.co/H34L1vGYsF
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 11, 2021
JUST IN: YouTube suspends Sen. Paul over a video falsely claiming masks are ineffective against Covid-19. https://t.co/JOMVBgbSK8
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) August 11, 2021
Pregnant women who get vaccinated aren’t at higher risk of miscarriage than during an average pregnancy, a new analysis by the CDC found https://t.co/EP8AEMIQ9F
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 11, 2021
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EVENT 2: Senate Approves Budget Resolution
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘senate, democrats, budget resolution, trillion budget, reconciliation bill, budget’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
BREAKING: Democrats push a $3.5 trillion budget framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate. https://t.co/mKlWd0cIpn
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 11, 2021
What’s in the $1.2 trillion Senate infrastructure package https://t.co/hroaKvHTeU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2021
White House presses Senate to move more quickly to confirm political ambassadors: “What is the holdup?” https://t.co/0saSJc7Jzf
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 3: Kathy Hochul Replaces Cuomo
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘andrew cuomo, cuomo, governor, kathy hochul’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Breaking News: California will require all school teachers and staff to be fully vaccinated or be tested regularly, the governor said. It is the first state to do so. https://t.co/Kl0EgV2sUu
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 11, 2021
“At the end of my term, whenever it ends, no one will ever describe my administration as a ‘toxic’ work environment,” New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul says regarding AG report against Gov. Andrew Cuomo. https://t.co/070yJ4GKze pic.twitter.com/PNhfxC9d1X
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 11, 2021
The New York governor’s decision to step down from office was not driven by a sense of penance or contrition, aides said, but rather by a recognition that his fate was set https://t.co/DuET5S4nEW
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2021
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EVENT 4: Critical Race Theory Controvery
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘race’
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