[Thread] 1/ In the UK aggressive online attacks on the press and journalists continue following the #DominicCummings scandal. The "scum media" hashtag seems to be escalating. This thread is an analysis of around 28000 interactions/tweets on Twitter from around 9013 accounts.
2/ The majority of these tweets are from the 28th May. I will discuss who is being targeted most. @piersmorgan has dropped from top spot. @bbclaurak @maitlis @KayBurley @BethRigby suggest a misogynistic flavour to the abuse this evening. Some of you may be wondering why Boris
2/ The majority of these tweets are from the 28th May. I will discuss who is being targeted most. @piersmorgan has dropped from top spot. @bbclaurak @maitlis @KayBurley @BethRigby suggest a misogynistic flavour to the abuse this evening. Some of you may be wondering why Boris
2/ The majority of these tweets are from the 28th May. I will discuss who is being targeted most. @piersmorgan has dropped from top spot. @bbclaurak @maitlis @KayBurley @BethRigby suggest a misogynistic flavour to the abuse this evening. Some of you may be wondering why Boris
3/Johnson& #39;s name appears there. That& #39;s because people are sending him messages of support while criticising the media. Apparently these people fail to recognize the Johnson is also a journalist and member of the media. #notmovingon
4/ This graph shows the amount of inbound tweets containing the word & #39;scum& #39;. You can see that @bbclaurak @KayBurley @piersmorgan @maitlis @PippaCrerar @BethRigby have received hundreds of tweets in the past day. Kuensberg has received around 888, while Maitlis 561 (see bar chart
4/ This graph shows the amount of inbound tweets containing the word & #39;scum& #39;. You can see that @bbclaurak @KayBurley @piersmorgan @maitlis @PippaCrerar @BethRigby have received hundreds of tweets in the past day. Kuensberg has received around 888, while Maitlis 561 (see bar chart
4/ This graph shows the amount of inbound tweets containing the word & #39;scum& #39;. You can see that @bbclaurak @KayBurley @piersmorgan @maitlis @PippaCrerar @BethRigby have received hundreds of tweets in the past day. Kuensberg has received around 888, while Maitlis 561 (see bar chart
5/ As we have seen, biographical analysis of the accounts suggest most engaging in this abuse are pro-Brexit and pro-Trump. Approx 1 thousand of the accounts have either & #39;brexit& #39; or & #39;brexiteer& #39; in the biography. Around 300 have either Trump or MAGA #notgoingaway
6/ The top five accounts tweeting and retweeting the scum hashtags are > @timmyvoe @petermac7 @1hannebelle @chrisgregson123 @pam30301 @karenlondon9930 From profiles again generally right-wing accounts. One even with a banner saying "The Media is the Virus". #notgoingaway
6/ The top five accounts tweeting and retweeting the scum hashtags are > @timmyvoe @petermac7 @1hannebelle @chrisgregson123 @pam30301 @karenlondon9930 From profiles again generally right-wing accounts. One even with a banner saying "The Media is the Virus". #notgoingaway
6/ The top five accounts tweeting and retweeting the scum hashtags are > @timmyvoe @petermac7 @1hannebelle @chrisgregson123 @pam30301 @karenlondon9930 From profiles again generally right-wing accounts. One even with a banner saying "The Media is the Virus". #notgoingaway
6/ The top five accounts tweeting and retweeting the scum hashtags are > @timmyvoe @petermac7 @1hannebelle @chrisgregson123 @pam30301 @karenlondon9930 From profiles again generally right-wing accounts. One even with a banner saying "The Media is the Virus". #notgoingaway
6/ The top five accounts tweeting and retweeting the scum hashtags are > @timmyvoe @petermac7 @1hannebelle @chrisgregson123 @pam30301 @karenlondon9930 From profiles again generally right-wing accounts. One even with a banner saying "The Media is the Virus". #notgoingaway
7/There& #39;s some strange stuff going on to. If you look at the network graph, I& #39;ve zoomed into an orange blob orbiting the main cloud. This is strange because they seem to be quite an insular Right wing cluster. In the next tweet i& #39;ll provide some screenshots of them #notgoingaway
7/There& #39;s some strange stuff going on to. If you look at the network graph, I& #39;ve zoomed into an orange blob orbiting the main cloud. This is strange because they seem to be quite an insular Right wing cluster. In the next tweet i& #39;ll provide some screenshots of them #notgoingaway
7/There& #39;s some strange stuff going on to. If you look at the network graph, I& #39;ve zoomed into an orange blob orbiting the main cloud. This is strange because they seem to be quite an insular Right wing cluster. In the next tweet i& #39;ll provide some screenshots of them #notgoingaway
8/ A bunch of these accounts are retweeting the below tweets about US channels. The account in question has just about every conspiracy theory hashtag going, also Cult 45 :/
8/ A bunch of these accounts are retweeting the below tweets about US channels. The account in question has just about every conspiracy theory hashtag going, also Cult 45 :/
8/ A bunch of these accounts are retweeting the below tweets about US channels. The account in question has just about every conspiracy theory hashtag going, also Cult 45 :/
9/ I think one of the most striking things is how this issue, which initially seemed directed as a distraction to try and criticise journalists jostling outside Cummings& #39; house, has just turned into a general attack on the media. None of those being attacked were outside his
10/ house. @maitlis - for example, is simply getting abuse for her segment on newsnight which apparently makes some people think it& #39;s ok to call her mediascum. The scale of this attack is really quite disturbing. It& #39;s as if Dominic Cummings has his own online army...
11/ Anyway, I& #39;ll finish this by showing you these graphs again. From @tnewtondunn and @piersmorgan, to @PippaCrerar @KayBurley and @maitlis - British journalists across the political spectrum are being harassed with literally hundreds of tweets an hour. This is not ok! -Fin
11/ Anyway, I& #39;ll finish this by showing you these graphs again. From @tnewtondunn and @piersmorgan, to @PippaCrerar @KayBurley and @maitlis - British journalists across the political spectrum are being harassed with literally hundreds of tweets an hour. This is not ok! -Fin
11/ Anyway, I& #39;ll finish this by showing you these graphs again. From @tnewtondunn and @piersmorgan, to @PippaCrerar @KayBurley and @maitlis - British journalists across the political spectrum are being harassed with literally hundreds of tweets an hour. This is not ok! -Fin
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