Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @flakebarmer
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
151
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
11 years
Summarization
WPLN's senior health care reported Blake Barmer is leaving Nashville Public Radio after 18 years and the staff are eating their feelings at his farewell. Barmer and Brett Kelman reported on the trend of ERs staffed by private equity firms cutting costs by hiring fewer doctors, which raises fears that patients are vulnerable to misdiagnoses, higher medical bills, and inadequate care. He was praised by people who worked with him at WPLN, described as a Nashville institution and "the nicest, most caring person" ever met.
Topic Modeling
- departure of healthcare journalist from Nashville Public Radio
- Private Equity firms staffing ERs with fewer doctors
- Dangers of inadequate care and misdiagnoses
- Cost-cutting in healthcare with rise of private equity
- Farewell to health care journalist from Nashville
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from sadness and nostalgia to admiration and respect. People are sad to see @flakebarmer leaving Nashville Public Radio, and they are expressing their appreciation for his work over the years. They also express concern over the changes private equity firms are making to emergency rooms, which they fear could lead to misdiagnoses, higher medical bills, and inadequate care. Finally, they express admiration for @flakebarmer's work, and appreciation for his encouragement and support.
Trend Analysis
- Leaving of a Nashville reporter (Blake Barmer)
- ERs staffed by private equity firms
- Cutting costs by hiring fewer doctors
- Risk of misdiagnoses, higher medical bills, and inadequate care
- Influencing and encouragement of Blake Barmer
- Nashville Public Radio
- Ice cream social
- Wall Street investors
- Farewell Blake Barmer
- NPR and KHN reporting
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
29
Percentage of total tweets
19%
Number of Original tweets
31
Percentage of total tweets
20%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
151
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
72
Percentage of total tweets
47%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
27
Percentage of total tweets
17%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
7
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 61 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 61 |
| TweetDeck | 10 |
| Twitter for Android | 9 |
| Twitter for iPad | 4 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHNews | Kaiser Health News | A national newsroom that produces in-depth health journalism. KHN is 1 of 4 major programs at @KFF. Also publishes @CalHealthline. | 197,015 |
| asmamk | Asma Khalid | White House Correspondent @NPR. Co-host of the @nprpolitics podcast. Mama to 2 tiny humans. Hoosier at Heart. akhalid@npr.org | 121,497 |
| johnson_carrie | Carrie Johnson | Carrie Johnson covers the Justice Department for NPR. Nieman Class of 2020. Loud laugher, dog spoiler, prosecco fan. Email to cjohnson2@npr.org | 61,177 |
| TakeMedBack | Take Medicine Back | Restoring the sanctity of medicine by removing private equity and corporate profiteers.#TakeMedicineBack | 22,427 |
| BrettKelman | Brett Kelman | Reporter with Kaiser Health News. Previously: The Tennessean, The Desert Sun and Pacific Daily News. Charisma is my dump stat. 615 218 8496, BrettK@kff.org | 18,436 |
| WPLN | WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio | Come for the tweet-sized bites of news. Stay for our in-depth reporting and podcasts. On air: 90.3 FM WPLN News, 90.3 HD 2, 91.1 FM @WNXPNashville | 17,550 |
| flakebarmer | Blake Farmer | A journalist covering health care at Nashville Public Radio and contributing to Kaiser Health News, NPR and Marketplace | 12,802 |
| CalHealthline | CaliforniaHealthline | Daily news service on health care policy, politics, business and how California's health care system does and doesn’t work, published by @KHNews for @CHCFnews. | 11,148 |
| scavendish | Steve Cavendish | Editor @NashvilleBanner, Prez of Nashville Public Media. Former Editor, @NashvilleScene, @WCP. email steve [at] nashvillepublicmedia [dot] com | 10,028 |
| WSMVNancyAmons | wsmv Nancy Amons | Joined WSMV as a reporter in 1988 | 9,814 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| PaigePfleger | Paige Southwick Pfleger | Criminal justice reporter @WPLN - Nashville Public Radio • Stops in MI, DC, PA & OH • Tell me a secret (en español también) : Paige@wpln.org | 7,534 |
| hhask | Helen Haskell | Patient safety advocate with Mothers Against Medical Error | 6,100 |
| HOUmanitarian | HOUmanitarian ™ | Sharing News, Information, Opinion & Networking for Houston's Humanitarian Sectors - Health, Education, Social Services, Philanthropy, Environment, & More | 5,843 |
| juliaritchey | Julia Ritchey | find me @ https://t.co/Q1sXsnf7vC • subscribe to my substack for me and @_nixo's RHOSLC recaps | 5,485 |
| davidplazas | David Plazas | Community Engagement Journalist: columns, podcasts, newsletters | TEDx | @tennessean @usatoday | @medillschool | @nahj 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 @nlgja 🏳️🌈 | 5,426 |
| vanOpum | Sgt. Friday | Human #UnitedWeStand #DividedWeFall Don't worry, be happy! #GOGREEN #MSU Views are entirely my own. RT does not equal endorsement. | 5,002 |
| Carrionflower1 | Carrionflower | Not Special! | 4,997 |
| Regulator27 | Girls With Pearls | Capitol Hill Alum. Obama08. Sports Fan. Fashion Lover. AAMU. DST. | 4,991 |
| swmstn2 | Susan Sternberg | - | 4,976 |
| StephenNP | Stephen Ferrara, NP, FAAN (he/him/his) | #NursePractitioner, Assoc Dean & Assoc Prof @ColumbiaNursing, President-elect @aanp_news, Editor @DNPJournal, Mentor, Tweets=mine | 4,793 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| WPLN | Come for the tweet-sized bites of news. Stay for our in-depth reporting and podcasts. On air: 90.3 FM WPLN News, 90.3 HD 2, 91.1 FM @WNXPNashville | 6 |
| KHNews | A national newsroom that produces in-depth health journalism. KHN is 1 of 4 major programs at @KFF. Also publishes @CalHealthline. | 5 |
| juliaritchey | find me @ https://t.co/Q1sXsnf7vC • subscribe to my substack for me and @_nixo's RHOSLC recaps | 3 |
| Carrionflower1 | Not Special! | 3 |
| AirborneGeek | Stuff I do: Data, Azure, Microsoft Kool-Aid, bicycle. Stuff I used to do: Network, airplane, gaming. I am: Aerospace, weather, radio nerd; Boilermaker. He/Him | 2 |
| freedom2015glo | Writer ✍️ Seeker 👁👂🏼 Mom 🌻 😎 🍷 Critical Thinking Skills matter. Love my #NewYorkRangers 🏒🥅 👏 #NoQuitInNewYork | 2 |
| RoGaMaNP | CTS Nurse Practitioner at Mount Sinai Hospital. DNP student at Johns Hopkins SON 🇺🇸🇪🇸 | 2 |
| ThisIsNashville | This Is Nashville is a live one-hour daily show driven by community, for community. Tune in every weekday at noon on @WPLN 90.3 FM. | 2 |
| WallaceBever | - | 2 |
| stevenlefebvre | On a mission to make everybody be friends with everybody. TWKUMC youth pastor working on my MDiv at SMU. | 2 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625907667079245861 | After 18 years, WPLN's senior health care reporter @flakebarmer is leaving Nashville Public Radio. Listen to his farewell during @ThisIsNashville at noon. https://t.co/TVQ1aqHUUi | 19 |
| 1625157668544315395 | ERs staffed by private equity firms are hiring fewer doctors to cut costs and increase their earnings, @BrettKelman @flakebarmer report. https://t.co/r5rqWeFyRp | 17 |
| 1627686025135894533 | Emergency rooms across the nation are employing fewer doctors and passing their duties to staffers with less training, to cut labor costs and squeeze short-term profits for Wall Street investors. 📝: @brettkelman and @flakebarmer https://t.co/sQteKg1HEw | 16 |
| 1627006536185774081 | As private equity firms tighten their grip on American health care in a quest for quick profits, they’ve transformed emergency rooms by cutting and replacing the largest expense: doctors. 📝: @brettkelman and @flakebarmer https://t.co/sQteKg1HEw | 9 |
| 1625133947054071808 | Doctors Are Disappearing From Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut Costs | by @BrettKelman & @flakebarmer via @KHNews https://t.co/xKTEQNQ6zR | 9 |
| 1625174787315187724 | Critics of this strategy say the quest to save money results in treatment meted out by someone with far less training than a physician, leaving patients vulnerable to misdiagnoses, higher medical bills, and inadequate care. 📝: @BrettKelman & @flakebarmer, KHN-@NPR https://t.co/uvJHvCvo7u | 8 |
| 1625132698393251842 | #NewOnKHN: Emergency rooms across the nation are employing fewer doctors and passing their duties to staffers with less training, to cut labor costs and squeeze short-term profits for Wall Street investors. 📝: @BrettKelman & @flakebarmer https://t.co/sQteKg2fu4 | 7 |
| 1624851274255540225 | Emergency rooms have changed. Doctors are making fewer care decisions, and that raises fears that patients are vulnerable to misdiagnoses, higher medical bills, and inadequate care. This in-depth reporting comes from @flakebarmer @BrettKelman @KHNews. https://t.co/BF7dKU6Rl9 | 5 |
| 1625942528913510404 | The in-person staff is eating our feelings about @flakebarmer’s departure at his post-@ThisIsNashville ice cream social 🍦🥲 https://t.co/kPAO4sBHPw | 5 |
| 1627407024542679040 | Private Equity firms staffing ERs. Doctors Disappearing From Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut Costs. What’s the cost for patients and the healthcare system? Great piece by @flakebarmer @BrettKelman by @KHNews https://t.co/noZ4fJxikM | 4 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625907667079245861 | After 18 years, WPLN's senior health care reporter @flakebarmer is leaving Nashville Public Radio. Listen to his farewell during @ThisIsNashville at noon. https://t.co/TVQ1aqHUUi | 128 |
| 1625942528913510404 | The in-person staff is eating our feelings about @flakebarmer’s departure at his post-@ThisIsNashville ice cream social 🍦🥲 https://t.co/kPAO4sBHPw | 54 |
| 1625157668544315395 | ERs staffed by private equity firms are hiring fewer doctors to cut costs and increase their earnings, @BrettKelman @flakebarmer report. https://t.co/r5rqWeFyRp | 27 |
| 1625973510202949656 | Gah I was SO moved earlier when @flakebarmer guested on @jasonmoontn’s show (@dawestheband > @guster tipped me off, I admit). Blake has served w/ @WPLN since *college* & is such an important, recognized & trusted voice in news. Today’s his last day.🥺 | 20 |
| 1625927618179497999 | @WPLN @flakebarmer @ThisIsNashville Best of luck Blake your shoes are unfillable | 17 |
| 1625954024045350935 | I can't imagine WPLN or Nashville without @flakebarmer's reporting. Blake is probably the nicest, most caring person I've ever met. And he's so much fun! I always felt lucky to learn from him when I was in Nashville. THIS WILL 4EVER BE A BLAKE STAN ACCOUNT. Godspeed, *Flake*! https://t.co/HSgY06Hb0a | 17 |
| 1625924774424608771 | I've said this many times within the station, but now, I'll repeat it publicly: I never would've considered shooting my shot for editor at just 24 without @flakebarmer's encouragement. https://t.co/Fkst9zrl9w https://t.co/WKm7f4Dj6q | 17 |
| 1627686025135894533 | Emergency rooms across the nation are employing fewer doctors and passing their duties to staffers with less training, to cut labor costs and squeeze short-term profits for Wall Street investors. 📝: @brettkelman and @flakebarmer https://t.co/sQteKg1HEw | 14 |
| 1626027019690553344 | Thank you for all the wonderful stories @flakebarmer https://t.co/Qz2Lw2EQCV | 13 |
| 1625929199071395871 | .@flakebarmer is a Nashville institution, in and of himself. Wish him well but I'm truly sad I'm not going to hear his distinctive voice telling important stories on air again. https://t.co/J40p5VSmKu | 12 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #newonkhn | 2 |
| #nashville | 1 |
| #tennessee | 1 |
| #publicradionerd4life | 1 |
| #endcorporatemedicine | 1 |
| #medicaid | 1 |
| #expandmedicaid | 1 |
| #medicareforall | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @flakebarmer | 157 |
| @brettkelman | 59 |
| @khnews | 43 |
| @wpln | 40 |
| @thisisnashville | 36 |
| @npr | 10 |
| @stephennp | 4 |
| @andreatudhope | 4 |
| @healthactionnm | 3 |
| @scavendish | 3 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
23
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 📝 | 12 | memo |
| 😭 | 7 | loudly_crying_face |
| 👋 | 3 | waving_hand |
| 👏 | 3 | clapping_hands |
| 💕 | 2 | two_hearts |
| 🍦 | 2 | soft_ice_cream |
| 🥲 | 2 | smiling_face_with_tear |
| ❤️ | 2 | red_heart |
| 🥺 | 1 | pleading_face |
| 🌠 | 1 | shooting_star |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 15 |
| Objects | 12 |
| People & Body | 6 |
| Food & Drink | 2 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |