EVENT 1: Coronavirus: Mask and Vaccine Mandates
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘vaccine, natural immunity, vaccinated, mandates, #covid19, unvaccinated employees, vaccination, covid, vaccines work, delta variant’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
An Upstate New York hospital announced that it will stop delivering babies this month after several staffers in the maternity department resigned over the hospital system’s coronavirus vaccine mandate. https://t.co/hxC2PIW409
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 12, 2021
Milwaukee Public Schools, the largest school district in Wisconsin, will give $100 to students who get the COVID-19 vaccine. https://t.co/q84fihal7A
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 12, 2021
CDC finds unvaccinated people 11 times more likely to die of covid, Moderna vaccine more effective in preventing hospitalization https://t.co/4hndr87TMU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 10, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 2: Twenty Year Anniversary of 9-11
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘years, 20th anniversary, #neverforget, world trade, september 11th, #september11, south tower, twin towers, newly declassified’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Former President George W. Bush condemned domestic terrorism in his remarks observing the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/LWZPaM4bE7 pic.twitter.com/9Rn9UWY1ro
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 11, 2021
As an end cap to one of the weirdest summers in boxing, Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., took on a paid engagement as commentators for a fight between Evander Holyfield and Vitor Belfort on Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. https://t.co/YpR3TIM8q0
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 12, 2021
George W. Bush compares “violent extremists at home” to 9/11 terrorists in 20th anniversary speech https://t.co/GQx8qtmd9y
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 11, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 3: California Recall Election
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘larry elder, gavin newsom, rose mcgowan, recall, california, #votenoontherecall, #votenoonrecall, newsom, #recallgavinnewsom, #votenooncaliforniarecall’
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EVENT 4: Infrastructure Bill Reconciliation
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘budget reconciliation, infrastructure’
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No meanstream media covered this event