Just looked at news articles that cited the CMU press release about the (still unpublished) bot paper and it spread like wildfire. Here are links in no particular order:
Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/nearly-half-tweeting-coronavirus-bots-researchers">https://www.foxnews.com/tech/near...
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/22/tech/twitter-bots-trnd/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/2...
Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8345943/Bot-hunter-tool-finds-nearly-half-tweets-discussing-reopen-America-internet-crawlers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...
The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11704970/half-posts-spreading-coronavirus-conspiracies-calling-for-lockdowns-bot-account/">https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1170...
Daily Mail again: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8353449/Nearly-HALF-Twitter-posts-demanding-reopen-economy-bots-researchers-say.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti... not sure why there are 2 Daily Mail articles but they are written by 2 different authors so
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NY Post: https://nypost.com/2020/05/22/study-finds-nearly-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-bots/">https://nypost.com/2020/05/2...
Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/nearly-half-of-reopen-america-twitter-accounts-are-bots-report-2020-5">https://www.businessinsider.com/nearly-ha...
HuffPost: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/carnegie-mellon-covid-19-twitter-bots-research_n_5ec9e47bc5b64085c39ba7d0">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/car...
Forbes: #443d888439b2">https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/05/22/bot-army-behind-reopen-america-push-on-social-media-study-finds/ #443d888439b2">https://www.forbes.com/sites/and...
Breitbart: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/21/researchers-almost-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-bots/">https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020...
NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859814085/researchers-nearly-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-likely-bots">https://www.npr.org/sections/...
CTV News: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/nearly-half-of-coronavirus-related-tweets-are-sent-by-bots-spreading-misinformation-research-finds-1.4953501">https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/co... (Canada)
Pittsburgh CBS Local: https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/05/23/cmu-twitter-bots-reopening-america/">https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/05/2...
News 18: https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/donald-trump-is-not-the-only-one-who-wants-reopen-america-its-mostly-bots-on-twitter-2635919.html">https://www.news18.com/news/buzz... (India)
WHDH (Boston): https://whdh.com/news/nearly-half-of-the-twitter-accounts-discussing-reopening-america-may-be-bots-researchers-say/">https://whdh.com/news/near...
TribLive (PA): https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/cmu-researchers-show-most-twitter-accounts-tweeting-about-the-coronavirus-are-bots/">https://triblive.com/local/pit...
And it was translated to Lithuanian news: https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/world/tyrimas-daugiau-nei-puse-balsu-soc-tinkluose-pries-karantino-priemones-botai.d?id=84368515&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.delfi.lt/news/dail...
There& #39;s probably more that I missed. This is fine dot gif
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Late entry: BroBible https://brobible.com/culture/article/twitter-reopen-america-fake-bots-study/">https://brobible.com/culture/a...
MIT Technology Review
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I missed The Hill https://thehill.com/policy/technology/498915-almost-half-of-accounts-sharing-coronavirus-tweets-likely-bots-researchers">https://thehill.com/policy/te...