Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @TBowmanNPR
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
63
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-23
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
12 years
Summarization
NPR has released a new podcast called Taking Cover, which exposes a cover-up of a friendly fire incident early in the Iraq War, that was kept from the public for political reasons. The podcast is based on a three-year investigation by Tom Bowman and Ted Gerstein, and features interviews with soldiers who were involved in the incident. It uncovers the truth behind the cover-up and highlights the lasting impact it had on the lives of those involved. The podcast has received praise for its powerful storytelling and public service journalism.
Topic Modeling
- Investigation of friendly fire incident in Iraq and subsequent coverup
- Collaboration and history between @TBowmanNPR and @GPublic
- Discovery of political reasons behind the coverup
- Emotional impact of war on veterans
- Positive reception and anticipation for the podcast
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions including pride, excitement, sadness, horror, empathy, and appreciation for the hard-hitting and powerful investigative work of @TBowmanNPR and @GPublic in uncovering a coverup of friendly fire incidents and its impact on soldiers in the Iraq war. The emotions convey a deep sense of respect and gratitude for the service members who sacrificed their lives and well-being for the country, as well as frustration and anger towards the political and military leadership who concealed the truth. The tweets also show a shared sense of solidarity and connectedness among the journalists, the soldiers, and the listeners.
Trend Analysis
- The podcast "Taking Cover" by @TBowmanNPR, @GPublic, and others at @NPR
- The investigation of a friendly fire incident in Iraq and the coverup that followed
- The personal and professional relationships between the journalists working on the story, including @TBowmanNPR and @GPublic
- The impact of war on service members and the lasting effects it has on their lives
- The importance of public service journalism and uncovering the truth, even in the face of adversity
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
21
Percentage of total tweets
33%
Number of Original tweets
8
Percentage of total tweets
12%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
63
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
26
Percentage of total tweets
41%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
14
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
2
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 31 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 22 |
| Twitter for Android | 6 |
| Twitter for iPad | 2 |
| SocialFlow | 2 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| NPR | NPR | News. Arts & Life. Music & more. This is NPR. 🕵️ Securely send us news tips: https://t.co/qfEoMDe1Hw | 8,856,722 |
| NPRinskeep | Steve Inskeep | @NPR. Author Differ We Must, now available for preorder. https://t.co/l9DXNpdKdO | 382,471 |
| FPWellman | Fred Wellman | Democracy advocate. Army combat veteran. Host of @OnDemocracyPod. Senior advisor @voterstomorrow. | 301,144 |
| NPRKelly | Mary Louise Kelly | Host of @NPR's All Things Considered. Longtime national security correspondent. Author of https://t.co/XMPXx42Qce, out April 2023 | 272,850 |
| PaulRieckhoff | Paul Rieckhoff🇺🇸🇺🇦 | Host: @Indy_Americans. President: @Righteous. Founder: @IAVA, @OpLibertyUS. Dad & Husband. Independent, Activist, Author, Veteran, Natl Sec & Political Analyst. | 77,841 |
| DefenseBaron | Kevin Baron | Dad | Executive Editor, @DefenseOne | Displaced Floridian 🌴 | 67,000 |
| mollymotoole | Molly O'Toole | Book on global migration through Americas @crownpublishing. Then: Immigration & security @latimes. Fellow @GWtweets. 2020 Pulitzer. Forever Californian. | 24,210 |
| langfittnpr | Frank Langfitt | NPR London Correspondent. Reporting in Ukraine. Previously based in Shanghai, Nairobi, Beijing, D.C. Author: Shanghai Free Taxi https://t.co/DwoWMrPO58… | 22,192 |
| TBowmanNPR | Tom Bowman | NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon, the war abroad and the war at home. | 11,661 |
| BrigidSchulte | Brigid Schulte | Writer. Speaker. Director @BetterLifeLab @NewAmerica. Wrote "Overwhelmed." Writing book on Overwork + Wellbeing + Gender Equity. Share your story. DMs open. | 10,849 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| NPR | NPR | News. Arts & Life. Music & more. This is NPR. 🕵️ Securely send us news tips: https://t.co/qfEoMDe1Hw | 64,858 |
| PaulRieckhoff | Paul Rieckhoff🇺🇸🇺🇦 | Host: @Indy_Americans. President: @Righteous. Founder: @IAVA, @OpLibertyUS. Dad & Husband. Independent, Activist, Author, Veteran, Natl Sec & Political Analyst. | 37,609 |
| IrishMarine94 | Ben☘️ | Oscar 5 Oscar. USMC 0302. USAWC. Combat Vet & Tech Exec. We are such stuff/As dreams are made on... | 10,468 |
| mollymotoole | Molly O'Toole | Book on global migration through Americas @crownpublishing. Then: Immigration & security @latimes. Fellow @GWtweets. 2020 Pulitzer. Forever Californian. | 7,385 |
| MsDuhMeanor | Melody🇺🇦🇺🇸 | On #Post Melody @MsDuhMeanor Also #mastadon MsDuhMeanor at therealMelodyL@mas.to | 6,805 |
| DefenseBaron | Kevin Baron | Dad | Executive Editor, @DefenseOne | Displaced Floridian 🌴 | 6,613 |
| FPWellman | Fred Wellman | Democracy advocate. Army combat veteran. Host of @OnDemocracyPod. Senior advisor @voterstomorrow. | 5,287 |
| lavndr_macaron | Tea 🫖 ☕️ | (27) I'm just an Engineer that wants to read more books and drink some tea. She/her I like bread (pan) 🇲🇽🏳️🌈. I’m cis you ridiculous terfs #catholic4choice | 5,000 |
| Proud_Boomer2 | ProudBoomer2 | I trust/love the VA medical team that cares for my husband and the Caregiver team that cares for me. I do NOT trust or even like VA “Leadership” | 3,917 |
| TBowmanNPR | Tom Bowman | NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon, the war abroad and the war at home. | 3,730 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| GPublic | Truthseeker, BS caller #NPR | 8 |
| mollymotoole | Book on global migration through Americas @crownpublishing. Then: Immigration & security @latimes. Fellow @GWtweets. 2020 Pulitzer. Forever Californian. | 4 |
| BrigidSchulte | Writer. Speaker. Director @BetterLifeLab @NewAmerica. Wrote "Overwhelmed." Writing book on Overwork + Wellbeing + Gender Equity. Share your story. DMs open. | 3 |
| QuilLawrence | NPR news covering veterans. Former Bureau Chief in Baghdad and Kabul. Author Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood is Shaping Iraq and Mid East | 3 |
| lavndr_macaron | (27) I'm just an Engineer that wants to read more books and drink some tea. She/her I like bread (pan) 🇲🇽🏳️🌈. I’m cis you ridiculous terfs #catholic4choice | 2 |
| MaddFan1 | Exhausted Iran, Israel and Afghanistan news addict; I listen to/watch/follow George Strait, Richard Engel, Bill Neely, Keir Simmons & Mikey Kay; Weather Geek | 2 |
| NPR | News. Arts & Life. Music & more. This is NPR. 🕵️ Securely send us news tips: https://t.co/qfEoMDe1Hw | 2 |
| 8fuld | Coexisting here for now and on Mastodon as @8fld@noc.social. It’s been real… | 1 |
| docinkc | Egalitarianism, by any means necessary. Currently delivering commentary on the war in Ukraine, when I feel I have something to add. | 1 |
| andrewselsky | @AP Oregon. Former Africa Editor, bureau chief in Caribbean, Colombia, Spain-Portugal. Reported from 30+ countries. @virginia_tech alum. Husband, Dad.🎾🥾🍺📚📺 | 1 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638919820262486023 | 1/ Three years ago, I was in the weeds working on what would become White Lies, @TBowmanNPR swung by to tell me about an alleged coverup early in the Iraq War. Together, we dug in. Today, we’re sharing what we’ve learned in NPR’s new podcast Taking Cover. https://t.co/IwlW8SErFW | 57 |
| 1638948191079899146 | This investigation of a friendly fire incident in Iraq - and the coverup that followed - is amazing listening. From my colleagues @GPublic @TBowmanNPR and others at @NPR. https://t.co/imuubxSqYm | 18 |
| 1639431664475738113 | Three years ago, @TBowmanNPR got a tip. A tragic accident early in the Iraq war was covered up... for political reasons. He and @GPublic, start assembling the facts about a tragedy in Fallujah — and find out just how much they don’t know. https://t.co/8Opd7kFjrt | 13 |
| 1638967625714929666 | Three years ago, @TBowmanNPR got a tip. A tragic accident early in the Iraq war was covered up... for political reasons. He and @GPublic, started assembling the facts about a tragedy in Fallujah — and find out just how much they don’t know. https://t.co/wphvr7jcFR | 11 |
| 1640321468880789504 | VERY powerful new pod series from the great @TBowmanNPR for @NPR. It’s a story some of us had heard about—Tom ran down the facts. #iraq20 https://t.co/lyx72vaMK1 | 6 |
| 1638930652966928385 | @TBowmanNPR 3/ Tom’s source said a terrible friendly fire was buried because a politician’s son was involved. Spring of 2004, Fallujah. It took digging to find - it doesn’t show up in lists. Every US death in Fallujah is listed as hostile - firefights, IEDs - but that’s not true. | 6 |
| 1640324466440847360 | My walk today will include this new podcast from @TBowmanNPR. Next episode this Sunday! — The Sunday Story presents: Taking Cover, an NPR investigation https://t.co/BquIt59osq | 6 |
| 1638931386139570178 | @TBowmanNPR @ChrisHaxel @TwitrHagen 6/ We worked thisin the background - suing the government, traveling to meet people who were left in the dark. And - it's about more than a bad day in Fallujah. Weird to launch now, given NPR layoffs, but I’m super proud of the work. https://t.co/IwlW8SErFW | 5 |
| 1639074939637465088 | The new podcast from @TBowmanNPR @GPublic and team is extraordinary. It’s important public service journalism about a cover up of the truth with stunning twists along the way, but it’s also a deeply empathetic portrait of the people who fight America’s wars. Profoundly powerful. https://t.co/uIhcai4AHM | 5 |
| 1639948524627296257 | Catch this @npr @NPREmbedded podcast which is just launching. Taking Cover is based on a three-year investigation by @TBowmanNPR @GPublic of a terrible case of friendly fire in Iraq that left three dead and a dozen injured. Who covered it up and why? https://t.co/Y7tIX7X5IH | 4 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638919820262486023 | 1/ Three years ago, I was in the weeds working on what would become White Lies, @TBowmanNPR swung by to tell me about an alleged coverup early in the Iraq War. Together, we dug in. Today, we’re sharing what we’ve learned in NPR’s new podcast Taking Cover. https://t.co/IwlW8SErFW | 221 |
| 1638931386139570178 | @TBowmanNPR @ChrisHaxel @TwitrHagen 6/ We worked thisin the background - suing the government, traveling to meet people who were left in the dark. And - it's about more than a bad day in Fallujah. Weird to launch now, given NPR layoffs, but I’m super proud of the work. https://t.co/IwlW8SErFW | 56 |
| 1639431664475738113 | Three years ago, @TBowmanNPR got a tip. A tragic accident early in the Iraq war was covered up... for political reasons. He and @GPublic, start assembling the facts about a tragedy in Fallujah — and find out just how much they don’t know. https://t.co/8Opd7kFjrt | 53 |
| 1638948191079899146 | This investigation of a friendly fire incident in Iraq - and the coverup that followed - is amazing listening. From my colleagues @GPublic @TBowmanNPR and others at @NPR. https://t.co/imuubxSqYm | 39 |
| 1641469915466022914 | My colleagues @TBowmanNPR @GPublic & others have been working this story on Fallujah for years. Episode 2 drops today. Please listen. https://t.co/zpKUFNkCSf | 29 |
| 1640324466440847360 | My walk today will include this new podcast from @TBowmanNPR. Next episode this Sunday! — The Sunday Story presents: Taking Cover, an NPR investigation https://t.co/BquIt59osq | 28 |
| 1638930309566672896 | @TBowmanNPR 2/ Tom is NPR’s Pentagon correspondent. We worked together in Baghdad in 06, and travelled and embedded with US troops for years. We’ve been in firefights, been under mortar and rocket attacks - gone on endless patrols. We even made up coins with the rocker “NPR Forward” | 25 |
| 1638930819862478851 | @TBowmanNPR 4/ When we filed a FOIA, the USMC wrote back fast - to tell us that they didn’t have any records on it. So we started contacting the men who were there. This isn’t ancient history - most of these men aren’t even 40 yet. But it seems America wants to forget this war even happened. | 25 |
| 1638930981905219585 | @TBowmanNPR 5/ @ChrisHaxel is producing - he and @TwitrHagen won the Pulitzer for their (our) incredible podcast No Compromise. It’s strange for me to be hosting a show - I’m more used to being behind the scenes. Looks like there will be 7 episodes - and you’ll be surprised where it goes. | 25 |
| 1638967625714929666 | Three years ago, @TBowmanNPR got a tip. A tragic accident early in the Iraq war was covered up... for political reasons. He and @GPublic, started assembling the facts about a tragedy in Fallujah — and find out just how much they don’t know. https://t.co/wphvr7jcFR | 24 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #iraq20 | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @tbowmannpr | 63 |
| @gpublic | 31 |
| @npr | 18 |
| @chrishaxel | 5 |
| @twitrhagen | 5 |
| @nprinskeep | 4 |
| @fpwellman | 2 |
| @nprkelly | 2 |
| @nprembedded | 2 |
| @8fuld | 1 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
4
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👇 | 1 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 💔 | 1 | broken_heart |
| 😂 | 1 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 2 |
| People & Body | 1 |