The GDELT Project

Twitter's Television News 'Trump Bump' Has Faded: Fewer Mentions Than A Decade Ago

Donald Trump led to a sustained rise in mentions of Twitter across television news which decreased steadily during his presidency. Fox has mentioned Twitter more than its peers since October 2020. Interestingly, mentions on CNN and MSNBC are below where they were pre-Trump a decade ago.

Fox has mentioned Twitter more than its peers over the past decade.