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Justin Baragona 
Senior media reporter @thedailybeast Founder @thecontemptor Formerly @mediaite @TheIJR @politicususa @411mania Send tips/hate mail to justin.baragona@gmail.com
St. Louis, MO USA
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Analysed 41,928 tweets, tweets from the last 286 weeks.
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18,762 | 44.7% |
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15,183 | 36.2% |
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Retweet | 18,719 | 44.6% |
| Quote | 12,722 | 30.3% |
| Tweet | 10,068 | 24.0% |
| Reply | 4,509 | 10.8% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
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| URL | 13,728 | 32.7% |
| Video | 5,687 | 13.6% |
| Photo | 4,988 | 11.9% |
| GIF | 526 | 1.3% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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1,242 | 42.4% |
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841 | 28.7% |
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172 | 5.9% |
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88 | 3.0% |
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69 | 2.4% |
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49 | 1.7% |
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30 | 1.0% |
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29 | 1.0% |
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@PressSec | Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #breaking | 19 | 0.0% |
| #metoo | 19 | 0.0% |
| #1 | 9 | 0.0% |
| #covid19 | 8 | 0.0% |
| #neverforget | 7 | 0.0% |
| #gasprices | 7 | 0.0% |
| #billikens | 5 | 0.0% |
| #pasen | 5 | 0.0% |
| #break | 5 | 0.0% |
| #oneluckyguy | 5 | 0.0% |
| #teamblue | 5 | 0.0% |
| #pa18 | 5 | 0.0% |
| #akal | 4 | 0.0% |
| #rnc2020 | 4 | 0.0% |
| #scotus | 3 | 0.0% |
| #tytlive | 3 | 0.0% |
| #foxnews | 3 | 0.0% |
| #snl | 3 | 0.0% |
| #njgov | 3 | 0.0% |
| #vagov | 3 | 0.0% |
| #2 | 3 | 0.0% |
| #superbowl | 3 | 0.0% |
| #maga | 3 | 0.0% |
| #walkaway | 3 | 0.0% |
| #resistance | 3 | 0.0% |
| #khashoggi | 3 | 0.0% |
| #russia | 3 | 0.0% |
| #northkorea | 3 | 0.0% |
| #thestorm | 3 | 0.0% |
| #nevspit | 3 | 0.0% |
| #worldseries | 3 | 0.0% |
| #ian | 2 | 0.0% |
| #gapol | 2 | 0.0% |
| #backtheblue | 2 | 0.0% |
| #alexjones | 2 | 0.0% |
| #rkelly | 2 | 0.0% |
| #tuckermustgo | 2 | 0.0% |
| #georgefloyd | 2 | 0.0% |
| #media | 2 | 0.0% |
| #3 | 2 | 0.0% |
| #coronavirus | 2 | 0.0% |
| #stl | 2 | 0.0% |
| #gameofthrones | 2 | 0.0% |
| #mueller | 2 | 0.0% |
| #faketrumpemergency | 2 | 0.0% |
| #ca21 | 2 | 0.0% |
| #azsen | 2 | 0.0% |
| #midterms2018 | 2 | 0.0% |
| #stlcards | 2 | 0.0% |
| #oh12 | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Top Words | Count | % |
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| trump | 6,317 | 15.1% |
| tucker | 1,889 | 4.5% |
| biden | 1,426 | 3.4% |
| because | 1,386 | 3.3% |
| carlson | 1,164 | 2.8% |
| hannity | 1,136 | 2.7% |
| being | 859 | 2.0% |
| election | 859 | 2.0% |
| before | 737 | 1.8% |
| any | 701 | 1.7% |
| gop | 655 | 1.6% |
| anchor | 651 | 1.6% |
| during | 610 | 1.5% |
| coronavirus | 537 | 1.3% |
| actually | 534 | 1.3% |
| talking | 525 | 1.3% |
| covid | 517 | 1.2% |
| claims | 505 | 1.2% |
| doing | 501 | 1.2% |
| calling | 501 | 1.2% |
| newsmax | 487 | 1.2% |
| republicans | 472 | 1.1% |
| every | 470 | 1.1% |
| tells | 461 | 1.1% |
| since | 456 | 1.1% |
| called | 453 | 1.1% |
| folks | 441 | 1.1% |
| harris | 415 | 1.0% |
| literally | 415 | 1.0% |
| trying | 412 | 1.0% |
| msnbc | 404 | 1.0% |
| democrats | 401 | 1.0% |
| political | 390 | 0.9% |
| reporter | 388 | 0.9% |
| laura | 382 | 0.9% |
| viewers | 372 | 0.9% |
| donald | 372 | 0.9% |
| republican | 371 | 0.9% |
| ingraham | 368 | 0.9% |
| cable | 353 | 0.8% |
| believe | 346 | 0.8% |
| police | 346 | 0.8% |
| weeks | 346 | 0.8% |
| obama | 344 | 0.8% |
| segment | 343 | 0.8% |
| telling | 343 | 0.8% |
| course | 343 | 0.8% |
| senate | 340 | 0.8% |
| conspiracy | 335 | 0.8% |
| remember | 334 | 0.8% |
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| Top Emojis | Count | % |
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| 🚨 Police Car Light | 61 | 0.1% |
| 👀 Eyes | 54 | 0.1% |
| 👇 Backhand Index Pointing Down | 31 | 0.1% |
| 🤔 Thinking Face | 15 | 0.0% |
| 🎶 Musical Notes | 8 | 0.0% |
| 🧵 Thread | 7 | 0.0% |
| 🔥 Fire | 7 | 0.0% |
| ❤ Heavy Black Heart | 5 | 0.0% |
| 😂 Face With Tears Of Joy | 5 | 0.0% |
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Tweets
A fake tweet attributed to Nashville's WSMV-TV is being shared, supposedly containing a quote from the father of a Nashville school shooting victim calling for "the end of the trans evil".
The image is fake. No such tweet was ever posted by
@WSMV.
The image is fake. No such tweet was ever posted by
@WSMV.
Abby Grossberg, the former Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson producer suing Fox News, will be interviewed by NBC Nightly News tomorrow night.
In new unredacted emails, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott bemoaned how Fox reporters' fact-checking of Trump's election lies was "bad for business" and had to stop.
She even complained that Fox Nation had lost subscribers because viewers felt "crapped on."
thedailybeast.com/fox-news-ceo-s…
She even complained that Fox Nation had lost subscribers because viewers felt "crapped on."
thedailybeast.com/fox-news-ceo-s…
Fox News CEO Lamented That Fact-Checking Election Lies Was Bad for Business
thedailybeast.com
This is Fox News' CEO sending down an edict that fact-checking Team Trump's election conspiracy theories live on air was verboten -- because the Fox "audience feels like we crapped on" them and Fox Nation was losing subscribers.
Suzanne Scott, November 19, 2020 email: "I can't keep defending these reporters who don't understand our viewers and how to handle stories... We lost 25k subs from FOX NATION." pic.twitter.com/KnTENQmFdt
I just noticed this text exchange between Tucker and his producers.
They complained that Martha MacCallum's "basically taking a bat to Tucker's knees" and "trying to paralyze us" with her ratings, saying "she will never work in that hour."
A month later, she was dropped to 3 pm
They complained that Martha MacCallum's "basically taking a bat to Tucker's knees" and "trying to paralyze us" with her ratings, saying "she will never work in that hour."
A month later, she was dropped to 3 pm
Another reason for the purchase -- an immediate social media footprint.
Interesting — after The Messenger bought Grid, they seem to have swapped Twitter accounts.
@TheMessenger (now listed as having joined Oct. 2021) suddenly has Grid's 32.8K followers and 12.7K tweets.
@gridnews ("joined" Feb. 2023) has TM's 262 followers and 0 tweets. pic.twitter.com/PWZeOdB7Rc
@TheMessenger (now listed as having joined Oct. 2021) suddenly has Grid's 32.8K followers and 12.7K tweets.
@gridnews ("joined" Feb. 2023) has TM's 262 followers and 0 tweets. pic.twitter.com/PWZeOdB7Rc
This really gets to the heart as to how symbiotic the relationship between Mike Lindell and Fox News -- especially Tucker's show -- was at the time Lindell was one of the biggest peddlers of election fraud conspiracies.
Tucker Carlson's team discussing an upcoming interview with Mike Lindell -- "He's definitely crazy" but "has bailed us out loads of times when no one else would" with ads. pic.twitter.com/zzIvjzPPQO
I'm going through the latest round of Fox-Dominion emails. Here's something interesting: using info from Sidney Powell, Maria Bartiromo wanted to use her show to push Hammer & Scorecard — the truly insane conspiracy that a malevolent CIA supercomputer stole the election.
Fox News anchor Sandra Smith: "I think we saw Matt Taibbi scrolling on the list of IRS political targets -- we're still waiting on any confirmation of that."
"There’s no shortage of media start-ups claiming to shake up the industry, getting tens of millions in funding, and building full-fledged teams. Now, the snake is starting to eat itself; left unclear is what happens to the journalism..."
vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/g…
vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/g…
AZ Gov. Katie Hobbs' office has confirmed that press secretary Josselyn Berry has resigned:
"The Governor does not condone violence in any form... The Governor has received and accepted the resignation of the Press Secretary."
azgovernor.gov/office-arizona…
"The Governor does not condone violence in any form... The Governor has received and accepted the resignation of the Press Secretary."
azgovernor.gov/office-arizona…
Wow the Missouri legislature voted to defund public libraries yesterday
“the changes include… the elimination of funding for public libraries.”
ksmu.org/2023-03-29/mis…
“the changes include… the elimination of funding for public libraries.”
ksmu.org/2023-03-29/mis…
Missouri House gives initial approval to $45.6 billion state operating budget
ksmu.org
Fox News reports that Katie Hobbs' press secretary Josselyn Berry has resigned over her "transphobes" tweet featuring an image of a gun.
Fox liberal pundit Richard Fowler: "How do we help the Muslim Uyghurs in China, and how do we reform our prison system so African American men aren't three times more likely to be arrested?"
Harris Faulkner: "I don’t think that’s the question."
Fowler: "That's my question." pic.twitter.com/cqaWqMcCSN
Harris Faulkner: "I don’t think that’s the question."
Fowler: "That's my question." pic.twitter.com/cqaWqMcCSN
Fox liberal pundit Richard Fowler: "How do we help the Muslim Uyghurs in China, and how do we reform our prison system so African American men aren't three times more likely to be arrested?"
Harris Faulkner: "I don’t think that’s the question."
Fowler: "That's my question."
Harris Faulkner: "I don’t think that’s the question."
Fowler: "That's my question."
After all of that, looks like we aren't getting an indictment anytime soon -- if at all.
New: The Manhattan grand jury examining Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money payment to a porn star isn’t expected to hear evidence in the case for the next month largely due to a previously scheduled hiatus, per person familiar. politico.com/news/2023/03/2…
Fox News host Emily Compagno: "I am going to finish my talking point."
Harris Faulkner: "Why are people on the left who do that to conservatives... we don’t see it in the reverse."
Mark Begich: "I don’t think that’s true...the hard right does the same thing."
Faulkner: "Let's concentrate on what happened here" pic.twitter.com/zD97m4i6iw
Mark Begich: "I don’t think that’s true...the hard right does the same thing."
Faulkner: "Let's concentrate on what happened here" pic.twitter.com/zD97m4i6iw
Harris Faulkner: "Why are people on the left who do that to conservatives... we don’t see it in the reverse."
Mark Begich: "I don’t think that’s true...the hard right does the same thing."
Faulkner: "Let's concentrate on what happened here"
Mark Begich: "I don’t think that’s true...the hard right does the same thing."
Faulkner: "Let's concentrate on what happened here"
Fox News' Harris Faulkner: "The debate over reparations continues. One city in Illinois is approving $25,000 cash payments to eligible people who live there. Black people, obviously."
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner: "And in good faith you see Republicans, led by McCarthy, saying: ''Look, we’re going to raise the debt ceiling, we're not going to default but we need to do some other things to make that happen.' I mean, that is more than an olive branch."
Just revisiting the Dominion filings and saw these Tucker Carlson texts about Lou Dobbs' ouster.
Tucker says there's a "good reason" Rupert Murdoch couldn't stand Dobbs' show -- because "it sucked" and "Lou was reckless."
But Tucker adds they should stay "aggressive and tough"
Tucker says there's a "good reason" Rupert Murdoch couldn't stand Dobbs' show -- because "it sucked" and "Lou was reckless."
But Tucker adds they should stay "aggressive and tough"
The Trump-Stormy investigation was never meant to be a standalone case, say 3 attorneys who worked on it.
They're concerned it might not hold up.
@thedailybeast exclusive:
thedailybeast.com/manhattan-dist…
They're concerned it might not hold up.
@thedailybeast exclusive:
thedailybeast.com/manhattan-dist…
Manhattan DA Insiders Worry the Trump Hush Money Case Is Weak Sauce
thedailybeast.com
“Deliberate sabotage by Musk or the blundering stupidity of a clueless idiot. The upshot is the same: Twitter is dying.
The value that Twitter’s platform produced, by combining valuable streams of qualification and curiosity, is being beaten and wrung out” techcrunch.com/2023/03/28/twi…
The value that Twitter’s platform produced, by combining valuable streams of qualification and curiosity, is being beaten and wrung out” techcrunch.com/2023/03/28/twi…
Sen. Mike Rounds: “I think the things that have already been done have gone about as far as we're going to with gun control.”
I am not sure there are words for just how irresponsible and bloodthirsty the Fox News primetime coverage of the tragic Nashville school shooting was this evening.
I posted a tweet yesterday that I shouldn’t have, which to prevent upsetting anyone else I have now deleted. A fuller apology and explanation of the point I was raising is attached xx Guy
One of his genuine, deeply held beliefs is that democracy is bad and some form of dictatorship is preferable. He’s said this many many many times over many years.
Trump tells Hannity there would have been no Chinese spy balloons under his watch pic.twitter.com/BMnlLo2O3X
Scoop @axios: “Christie pledges never to support Trump again”
Christie: “Look, I just can't. When you have the Jan. 6 choir at a rally and you show video of it — I just don't think that person is appropriate for the presidency."
Christie: “Look, I just can't. When you have the Jan. 6 choir at a rally and you show video of it — I just don't think that person is appropriate for the presidency."
This is standard advance work every politician has staffers do. Hell, mere political candidates and former officials have this too.
This person was once in charge of communications for the leader of the free world.
Sanders: I wish that she cared as much about other countries and their success as she did our own pic.twitter.com/MxGMsDArko
This is totally going to be a meme.
Greg Gutfeld, who gets paid millions of dollars a year to discuss politics on TV, says he doesn't know who Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is.
Despite all the hype surrounding Trump's big return to Fox News last night, Hannity's interview still pulled in 740,000 fewer viewers than The Five and lost a significant audience from Tucker's show.
Trump drew 3.04 million viewers - a slight bump from Hannity's typical ratings.
Trump drew 3.04 million viewers - a slight bump from Hannity's typical ratings.
Josh Hawley to CNN: "A lot of people use ARs and AKs for sporting purposes. I've fired both of those things -- firearms for sporting purposes. But listen, let's get focused on the issue at hand, which isn't some generic question about guns."
Fox News' Martha MacCallum: "You think if you're under medical care as an emotionally disturbed person, you should be able to buy these guns?!"
Brian Kilmeade: "I can’t stop it! You can’t ask legal gun owners to stop it!"
MacCallum: "So who needs to be responsible?!"
Brian Kilmeade: "I can’t stop it! You can’t ask legal gun owners to stop it!"
MacCallum: "So who needs to be responsible?!"
Spotted on the House steps this afternoon: Rep. Tim Burchett doubling down
Repeatedly saying Washington is “not gonna solve it”
Repeatedly saying Washington is “not gonna solve it”
Judge on Murdoch: "I have people telling me he's done things recently, that he's able to travel around and hardly infirm. That doesn't sound like someone who can't go from New York to Wilmington. Lets get the story straight on these kinds of thing so I don't look like an idiot.."
Just revisiting this -- it's hilarious that Hannity inadvertently got Trump to go Col. Jessup here and shout "you're goddamn right I ordered the Code Red!"
Trump says the Presidential Records Act gives him the right to "take stuff" as he sees fit. pic.twitter.com/4Tlro2lsHi
"Nashville is a very small town, everybody knows everybody"
Nashville's population is 715,000 and the metro area is nearly 2 million.
Nashville's population is 715,000 and the metro area is nearly 2 million.
Daily Wire's Michael Knowles says "guns have nothing to do with" Nashville shooting mediamatters.org/michael-knowle… pic.twitter.com/KreKrMvG9Q
The Shark Tank dude is today's One Lucky Guy on Fox News' Outnumbered.
Fox News contributor Ben Domenech says the White House needs to get involved and "find answers" on why an IRS agent visited Matt Taibbi's house.
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner: "She basically called every Republican a liar. How dare she?! Politicians gonna politic. And now some say the feds were trying to intimidate Matt Taibbi as well."
