Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @FergalBowers
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
2,047
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-18
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-28
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
6 years
Summarization
The tweets include attacks against Irish journalist Fergal Bowers for his coverage of COVID-19, criticism of the Irish media's handling of the pandemic, and calls for accountability among journalists and government officials. Some tweets also touch on topics such as migrant issues and alleged corruption in the Irish government.
Topic Modeling
- Coverage of COVID-19
- Criticism of Irish media and journalists
- Conspiracy theories and misinformation
- Immigration and social issues
- Accountability and responsibility in reporting
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are predominantly negative, with anger and frustration towards @FergalBowers and the Irish media for their reporting on COVID-19 restrictions and related issues. Many of the tweets accuse Bowers of spreading misinformation and being complicit in the harm caused by government policies, and some even wish for him to suffer consequences or regret for his actions. There is also a sense of distrust towards the media and a belief that they are not properly holding authorities accountable.
Trend Analysis
- Criticism of media coverage and journalists (specifically @FergalBowers and RTÉ) during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Allegations of misinformation and spreading of fear
- Discussion of COVID-19 related restrictions and their impact
- Calls for accountability for media and government officials
- Opinions on immigration and refugee policies in Ireland
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
286
Percentage of total tweets
13%
Number of Original tweets
23
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
2,047
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
1,766
Percentage of total tweets
86%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
182
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
114
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
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Twitter for Android | 917 |
Twitter Web App | 609 |
Twitter for iPhone | 466 |
Twitter for iPad | 51 |
WebSummitBot2 | 2 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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WeNurses | WeNurses 💙 | Connecting Nurses to share information, ideas, knowledge & support in order to improve patient care via #WeNurses. Supporting #ProtectNurse | 115,015 |
realBSkylstad | Brenda Hill Skylstad | WA state's 1989 Whistleblower law is named after me.1st in the USA. Please google Brenda Hill whistleblower stories. 33 states so far. followed by @kevincorke | 98,077 |
EwanMacKenna | Ewan MacKenna | Sports Writer of Year once. Author of Chaos Is A Friend Of Mine plus 4 other books. Hates bullshit. Host of Think For Yourself: https://t.co/Gh22uABkZT | 41,341 |
Dempz8 | Gary Dempsey | Ex Everton, Dunfermline, Aberdeen, Yeovil Town, Darlington, St Pats Athletic, Bray Wanderers and Waterford United. Uefa A licence holder. | 27,180 |
IrishInquiry | TheIrishInquiry | Uncensored live-streamed discussions Diverse range of opinions from a growing collection of contributors Crowdsourcing solutions that build a fairer society | 16,760 |
damienmulley | Damïeñ Múlley 🏳️⚧️ | I'm back. No is my default. I like words that start with C. He/Him. Email: dm AT https://t.co/OGMyNienTK "Let's do a coffee"? Pay me. https://t.co/XQk8q8Ii0E | 16,406 |
FrontlineFree | Frontline Freedom | Freedom to choose . all frontline staff and population to fight together | 16,027 |
PaulTreyvaud | Paul Treyvaud | Owner of Treyvauds Restaurant. Creator of #TreyvaudsKitchen & #TreyvaudTravels Hospitality Consultant #LFC https://t.co/avxHpjTFbX… | 14,977 |
Saffiya_Khan1 | Gina | Against the mass infection and disabling of the population by SARS-CoV-2 | 14,377 |
EstergrenSue | Sue Ellen | Army brat 🇺🇸 learned to bloom where I was planted 🌸 Daughter of a Vietnam Veteran UM #Duluth dance team alumni🍎Masters in Education. Music is my therapy 😎 | 12,979 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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realBSkylstad | Brenda Hill Skylstad | WA state's 1989 Whistleblower law is named after me.1st in the USA. Please google Brenda Hill whistleblower stories. 33 states so far. followed by @kevincorke | 103,331 |
WeNurses | WeNurses 💙 | Connecting Nurses to share information, ideas, knowledge & support in order to improve patient care via #WeNurses. Supporting #ProtectNurse | 24,121 |
EstergrenSue | Sue Ellen | Army brat 🇺🇸 learned to bloom where I was planted 🌸 Daughter of a Vietnam Veteran UM #Duluth dance team alumni🍎Masters in Education. Music is my therapy 😎 | 12,820 |
blurredfrank | Flank. | it's okay to not always agree on things. friends often don't always agree. #IrishTwitter | 9,708 |
Saffiya_Khan1 | Gina | Against the mass infection and disabling of the population by SARS-CoV-2 | 9,194 |
TomOHanlon17 | Tom O’Hanlon | GAA and rugby fan. Love history, politics and cinema. Mechanical not digital. Always civil. Want to live in a little castle or crannóg! 🏰 | 8,668 |
valeriekeane53 | It's a hoax folks🇮🇪 | Evil is at the helm in #Ireland. | 8,429 |
johnjoechad | John Finucane | Meanwhile, the looting of the citizens continues unabated | 7,527 |
AddressingLife | Tracy 💜 ☮️📸 ✍🏼🏠🇮🇪 ❤️🇳🇴 | Grieving mother; Writer; Advocate/Co-founder @ProfoundIreland. Former School Counselor & Child/Family Therapist. https://t.co/QASIjH7h5Z | 6,515 |
fedup42Mn | MM💅 | Just me🤸♀️ | 6,501 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
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DavidCu87627414 | IT Training. Fact-fiction. Truth-lies. It cannot be both. No opinions with all due respect, hard evidence are the call of the day backed by real-life solutions. | 100 |
chat_annie | Faraway Hills are Green | 31 |
EwanMacKenna | Sports Writer of Year once. Author of Chaos Is A Friend Of Mine plus 4 other books. Hates bullshit. Host of Think For Yourself: https://t.co/Gh22uABkZT | 25 |
ChristinaDub79 | it’s AIRBORNE even vaxxed need to continue to wear N95 masks as it’s spreads by breathing,talking etc & lingers like smoke except U can’t see or smell it | 21 |
Quinlan5Mick | Believe nothing that you hear and only half of what you see | 17 |
AndyDaly20 | - | 16 |
Grange09991182 | Unwilling Conscriptee to The Real Life Jamanji Jungle Game & Seeking The Escape Route 🐾 | 15 |
quickfire34 | THE WORLD NEEDS OIL AND GAS. THE WEF NEED TO GIVE UP ON THEIR UTOPIA IDEOLOGY. MRNA DRUGS ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGY IS NOT FOR CHILDREN. | 14 |
Inamadworld1 | - | 14 |
Gratsi4 | All view's are my own | 13 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1630115192292950016 | Almost 110k views, not even 30 likes. You should quit while you’re only about 20 miles behind @FergalBowers The tides isn’t even turning anymore. It’s fully in & never going out again. You, Lee & all the others in the media that did what you did will get your just rewards yet… https://t.co/v3Zujassxf | 47 |
1629587489286496256 | .@FergalBowers at what point will your balls crawl back from your lungs? Huge excess deaths but you don't care. Nphet calls falling apart but you don't care. Civil servants can be journalists too you cowardly shill. I hope what you did haunts you for the rest of your days. https://t.co/xH0QlWqEi7 | 42 |
1630217187846680577 | “'Once sizable damages have been awarded in a malpractice suit, we believe it will force medical service providers, health insurers, and employers offering coverage for so-called ‘affirmative care’ to revise their positions,'” @Genspect @FergalBowers https://t.co/6zqwCyQ5Jh | 37 |
1629445881698340865 | Are there cracks in the ranks of NPHET? Is there some guilt for what they did? Are they concerned that the politicians (and media) have set them up for the fall that is coming? .@FergalBowers, anything to say or still in full belief that what you deleted was the whole truth?! https://t.co/wB4u7E96r9 | 20 |
1630228417625960448 | Both New York Times and Wall Street Journal have now reported that C19 most likely was leaked from Wuhan lab. When will Irish media, in particular our fearless and intrepid RTÉ health correspondent @FergalBowers run with this story???? | 17 |
1629780769710256129 | This Tunisian guy @PatKennyNT @john_mcguirk @BetteMidler in the cap should be on @joeliveline ‘funny Friday’ . I haven’t laughed so much since #JackBenny retired. He’s even funnier than @FergalBowers or @rodericogorman at their best. https://t.co/eYUMoC4qU0 | 9 |
1628454581339582465 | Please buy and send a copy of @hannahsbee just launched "Time to Think" - which has a chapter on Ireland - to your TD or Senator Please say by DM who you're sending it to And please add your voice to @CharlieFlanagan's call for an independent enquiry here. @FergalBowers https://t.co/Fm5rAfK77P | 8 |
1628016401708449799 | @FergalBowers @rtenews They can start with the HSE https://t.co/aAcvmWYE98 | 7 |
1629777421841969153 | @FergalBowers @rtenews Have you any comment on this? You played and continue to play a massive role spreading misinformation that is damaging society and the most vulnerable in it. You mocked and slandered the people who tried to bring this to your attention. It was all wrong! https://t.co/g03ytFRTRR | 7 |
1630278348797558784 | Can’t wait to see @wereontheditch hose up in this years journalists awards. Surely they’re odds on to win most of them by now?? Or maybe @FergalBowers might stop them with his excellent reporting on covid cases climbing last Wednesday in Tubbercurry in the local bar https://t.co/KeS8mMQv5O | 7 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
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1630115192292950016 | Almost 110k views, not even 30 likes. You should quit while you’re only about 20 miles behind @FergalBowers The tides isn’t even turning anymore. It’s fully in & never going out again. You, Lee & all the others in the media that did what you did will get your just rewards yet… https://t.co/v3Zujassxf | 573 |
1629587489286496256 | .@FergalBowers at what point will your balls crawl back from your lungs? Huge excess deaths but you don't care. Nphet calls falling apart but you don't care. Civil servants can be journalists too you cowardly shill. I hope what you did haunts you for the rest of your days. https://t.co/xH0QlWqEi7 | 451 |
1629778277043716098 | @FergalBowers @rtenews Flogging a dead horse at this stage Fergal Covid is not going anywhere, just like the flu. We don’t need to constantly know if some people in a foreign country have relatively mild (for most people) chest infections | 138 |
1630228417625960448 | Both New York Times and Wall Street Journal have now reported that C19 most likely was leaked from Wuhan lab. When will Irish media, in particular our fearless and intrepid RTÉ health correspondent @FergalBowers run with this story???? | 127 |
1629234328839258113 | @FergalBowers @rtenews You might as well be reporting the tides at this stage Fergal. | 105 |
1630290912013164545 | @FergalBowers @rtenews An inquiry needs to be held into the shocking behaviour of Irish media (especially RTE) during covid. | 100 |
1627266875091476480 | @FergalBowers @rtenews Yas got 6k, the fact ya have to lie about attendance tells us all we need to know. | 98 |
1630217187846680577 | “'Once sizable damages have been awarded in a malpractice suit, we believe it will force medical service providers, health insurers, and employers offering coverage for so-called ‘affirmative care’ to revise their positions,'” @Genspect @FergalBowers https://t.co/6zqwCyQ5Jh | 90 |
1630278348797558784 | Can’t wait to see @wereontheditch hose up in this years journalists awards. Surely they’re odds on to win most of them by now?? Or maybe @FergalBowers might stop them with his excellent reporting on covid cases climbing last Wednesday in Tubbercurry in the local bar https://t.co/KeS8mMQv5O | 72 |
1630264099648012289 | @FergalBowers @rtenews "A former member of the NPHET has said that Ireland imposed measures during the Covid-19 pandemic that excessively limited basic freedoms." Eh, we don't actually need an expert to point this out. They locked us in 2km cage. | 70 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#ireland | 14 |
#nphet | 12 |
#covid19 | 12 |
#irelandisfull | 10 |
#longcovid | 8 |
#vaccinedeaths | 7 |
#excessdeaths | 6 |
#diedsuddenly | 5 |
#tcoimh | 4 |
#noamnesty | 4 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@fergalbowers | 2071 |
@rtenews | 1522 |
@paultreyvaud | 107 |
@ewanmackenna | 83 |
@hselive | 71 |
@todaywithclaire | 69 |
@irishdailymail | 57 |
@elonmusk | 55 |
@vincentbrowne | 55 |
@andersonafdmdep | 54 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
23
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
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🤣 | 151 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
😂 | 74 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
🤡 | 47 | clown_face |
👇 | 34 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
🙄 | 29 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
🤔 | 11 | thinking_face |
👏 | 11 | clapping_hands |
🔵 | 10 | blue_circle |
😴 | 7 | sleeping_face |
😉 | 5 | winking_face |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 380 |
People & Body | 73 |
Symbols | 16 |
Flags | 6 |
Animals & Nature | 5 |
Activities | 4 |
Objects | 2 |
Travel & Places | 1 |
Food & Drink | 1 |