Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @thenewsminute
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
1,907
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
The tweets include criticism of The News Minute for their use of derogatory language and casteist comments in their reporting. There is also discussion surrounding the term "lowered caste" and its implications. However, there are also tweets congratulating the editor of The News Minute for receiving an award for journalism.
Topic Modeling
- Use of derogatory language and caste issues
- Discussion around the term "lowered caste"
- Journalism ethics and editorial decisions at thenewsminute
- Recognition and awards for journalism at thenewsminute
- Criticism and opinions on Indian judiciary system
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express intense emotions of anger, frustration, disappointment, and disgust towards the news outlet, The News Minute. Many of the tweets mention the use of insensitive language by the news outlet, including the use of the term "lowered caste," and some tweets accuse the outlet of being casteist and biased. However, some tweets also express support and appreciation for the outlet's journalistic work and its editor, Dhanya Rajendran, who was awarded for outstanding journalism.
Trend Analysis
- Debating the use of terms related to caste and discrimination, particularly the term "lowered caste" used in headline
- Critiques and accusations towards TheNewsMinute and its editorial board, including accusations of casteism and bias
- Celebration of editor Dhanya Rajendran's award for outstanding women journalist
- Coverage of news stories, including reports on imprisonment of individuals and opinion pieces on Indian judiciary
- Use of offensive and derogatory language towards individuals and media outlets
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
609
Percentage of total tweets
31%
Number of Original tweets
111
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
1,907
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
1,092
Percentage of total tweets
57%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
162
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
347
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for Android | 1243 |
Twitter for iPhone | 335 |
Twitter Web App | 314 |
Twitter for iPad | 6 |
TweetDeck | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
suhasinih | Suhasini Haidar | Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu #Worldview @the_hindu | 1,357,562 |
thewire_in | The Wire | India's foremost independent news-site, carrying critical opinion, investigations and reportage. Click here to support us: https://t.co/zqZwu8jH0P | 1,281,960 |
fayedsouza | Faye DSouza | Journalist. Entrepreneur. Tree Hugger. Equal Rights-Equal Opportunity-Equal pay. She/Her | 1,103,833 |
Nidhi | Nidhi Razdan | Journalist. Dog lover | 1,028,291 |
zoo_bear | Mohammed Zubair | Fact-Checker, Co-founder @AltNews | Analysing misinfo/disinfo across India | E-mail: zubair@altnews.in | insta : https://t.co/RSZBmYf1vT | 724,617 |
Profdilipmandal | Dilip Mandal | Editors Guild | bylines- EPW, ThePrint, BBC, Quint। Ex Editor, India Today Hindi | Fmr MCNUJC- Adjunct, CNBC। Enquiries and leads: dilipcmandal@gmail.com | 463,739 |
dhanyarajendran | Dhanya Rajendran | Journalist. Editor-in-chief @thenewsminute. Chairperson @digipubindia. Views personal. https://t.co/7Zm0ipFfKi | 325,969 |
TRBRajaa | Dr. T R B Rajaa | #DravidianStock | #Phd | @arivalayam #DMK MLA (@OfficeofTRBR) | Member @TN_Plan | Chairman @TNEstimates | Wing Secy @DMKITwing | #திமுக🌄 | 244,246 |
gokula15sai | அரசியல், கல்வி, வேலைவாய்ப்பு தகவல்கள் | விவசாயி மகன் 🧑🏫 💼 🤝. கல்வி வேலைவாய்ப்பு | 226,439 |
jyotiyadaav | Jyoti Yadav | Principal Correspondent @theprintindia Ramnath Goenka, Redink, PII-ICRC, @Laadli_PF, @thomfound Young Journalist 2022, @iimcaa Journalist of The Year 2023 | 207,825 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
ReddyGives | Reddy Gives | Community builder. Giveaway host. #తెలుగు | 144,882 |
Thaaymanam | தாய்மனம் | நான் யார் என்று அறிய - https://t.co/fuqY1qMf3C - படிக்கவும். கிரந்தம் இந்தி, வெறியர் தொடர வேண்டாம். ஆங்கிலம் தமிழ் இரு கண்கள் தமிழ் நாடு தாய் நாடானது | 98,063 |
senthazalravi | Senthazal Ravi 🇸🇪 | Stockholmer. Buy my book for a career guidence https://t.co/aDnXjldxYr. For One - On - One Career Guidence, Business Proposals via connect@senthazalravi.com | 26,767 |
AnantBhan | Anant Bhan | Researcher-Bioethics/Global Health/Policy; Adjunct Prof; Past Prez @IABioethics; Mentor @SangathIndia Bhopal; Dr. https://t.co/zu5UaKHVUY | 17,062 |
gokula15sai | அரசியல், கல்வி, வேலைவாய்ப்பு தகவல்கள் | விவசாயி மகன் 🧑🏫 💼 🤝. கல்வி வேலைவாய்ப்பு | 12,898 |
nishthvanth | 🌿🍃കഋിവേപ്സ്🌿🍃 | മാനസാന്തരപ്പെട്ട പ്രഖ്യാപിത മെയില് ഷോവനിസ്റ്റ് കോഴി/ഭാര്യക്ക് സര്ക്കാര് ജോലി കിട്ടാന് സാധ്യതയുള്ള പ്രതികരണ തൊഴിലാളി/നന്മമരമല്ലാത്ത ഇല്ല്യൂമിനാറ്റി/Parody | 12,168 |
Profdilipmandal | Dilip Mandal | Editors Guild | bylines- EPW, ThePrint, BBC, Quint। Ex Editor, India Today Hindi | Fmr MCNUJC- Adjunct, CNBC। Enquiries and leads: dilipcmandal@gmail.com | 11,328 |
Anwar_Hyd_ | anwar ali | Advertising professional-Theatre Artist - social Activist https://t.co/SQVfgIQqca… | 11,019 |
ArasiyalKadai | ☕ டீ கடை அரசியல் | Dravidian Stock|Writer|Red&Black|RT's are not endorsed Views are Personal. social media influencer | 8,581 |
drumeshdubariya | Umesh Dubariya 🇮🇳 | AAP Gujarat, Belives In honest Politics 🇮🇳 tweets are my Personal Views | 7,151 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
Varun8Vijay | Aiming to become erudite and polymath. #LogicalHolism. My Gurus: Taleb, Yuval Harari, Devdutt Pattanaik, Malcolm Gladwell, Viktor Frankl and Robert Greene | 248 |
INFirstAlways | Engineer | IP expert | Technology and Digital Lawyer | Fight for Good Governance and rights | Advocator of Common Sense in the age of AI | The Middle Class | 28 |
ReddyGives | Community builder. Giveaway host. #తెలుగు | 26 |
mishtiinag | - | 23 |
mknid | Dreamer. Ex-Assistant Editor, Mint. A fan of long-form journalism& cinema. Malayali. Helped create Money Mafia (Discovery+), @happyaano. Coming soon: first book | 19 |
lookingfrclues | Dream of a World that offers every child enough opportunity to be the best version of herself. | 17 |
KMA_tweet | An Autonomous Institution under Government of Kerala | 16 |
SS4u24x7 | LAWYER... | 16 |
bahardutt | Env journalist, conservation biologist ,Past-Env Editor CNN-news18, Columnist Mint. 12 awards for reporting , now teaching #media & #climatechange to undergrads | 16 |
Advait_Mehta | Journalist . Twits are personal. RT’s are not endorsement. | 15 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1638236991862243328 | Soros’ funded lapdog @thenewsminute still refers to people as “shudhras” in this day and age. https://t.co/sKWWY4imgb | 1487 |
1638374718846771200 | மகளிர் ஆணையம் கொடுத்த புகாரின் பெயரில் தான் பிரதீப் (voiceofSavukku) கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார். சவுக்கு பாசத்தில் @thenewsminute PTR கொடுத்த புகாரில் அப்யூசர் பிரதீப் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார் னு செய்தியை திரிக்க வேண்டாம். உங்கள் editorial board பதட்டத்துடன் சில காலமாக செயல்படுவதால்… https://t.co/D2wHIPpFAn | 372 |
1638395627255271424 | . @thenewsminute uses the term 'lowered caste' to describe @mkstalin and @pinarayivijayan during their participation in an anti-caste program. This sparked a discussion about the term ‘lowered caste’ @rgmlk @dhanyarajendran 🧵⬇️ | 296 |
1641077503124197376 | Report by @thenewsminute https://t.co/tKQuubjIPJ | 183 |
1638158665458012160 | Can we write like this : News Minute The editorial board is full of Privileged casteist imbeciles / morons ? @Ahmedshabbir20 @thenewsminute https://t.co/pTCsr054OB | 177 |
1638818811884478464 | This is probably the toughest story of my career for various reasons . Do read and thank you @thenewsminute for carrying this when two other media houses were ambivalent #metoo https://t.co/QrXxI3bacT | 159 |
1639161229464993795 | I argue that language and its meanings evolve, and that truth and meaning are often context-dependent. I also explain which term I prefer and why. @thenewsminute @dhanyarajendran @mondalsudipto @h_tejas https://t.co/7eYkij5gZB | 116 |
1638196198652903424 | Language is a powerful thing - but sometimes we use words without understanding their implied meanings. There's some discussion (and some noise) on the term 'lowered caste' used in one of our recent headlines at @thenewsminute. A term we've been using for well over a year now. | 110 |
1638148497861120002 | What a disgusting title for this article 🤦🤦🤦 Is @thenewsminute @dhanyarajendran and team decided to go too low on their reputation level?? Or the Article Editor @TeresaMRaju has any specific vendetta?? https://t.co/VoY6X7bVPk | 110 |
1638162493649420290 | Hello @thenewsminute this is disgusting. What is stopping you just say “CMs” https://t.co/ChCGRICSra | 101 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1638236991862243328 | Soros’ funded lapdog @thenewsminute still refers to people as “shudhras” in this day and age. https://t.co/sKWWY4imgb | 4618 |
1638374718846771200 | மகளிர் ஆணையம் கொடுத்த புகாரின் பெயரில் தான் பிரதீப் (voiceofSavukku) கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார். சவுக்கு பாசத்தில் @thenewsminute PTR கொடுத்த புகாரில் அப்யூசர் பிரதீப் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார் னு செய்தியை திரிக்க வேண்டாம். உங்கள் editorial board பதட்டத்துடன் சில காலமாக செயல்படுவதால்… https://t.co/D2wHIPpFAn | 1094 |
1638395627255271424 | . @thenewsminute uses the term 'lowered caste' to describe @mkstalin and @pinarayivijayan during their participation in an anti-caste program. This sparked a discussion about the term ‘lowered caste’ @rgmlk @dhanyarajendran 🧵⬇️ | 925 |
1641077503124197376 | Report by @thenewsminute https://t.co/tKQuubjIPJ | 832 |
1638143432345686017 | Whats is mean by " Lowered Caste CM's" ..? @thenewsminute https://t.co/Q9BGDGHceZ | 429 |
1638818811884478464 | This is probably the toughest story of my career for various reasons . Do read and thank you @thenewsminute for carrying this when two other media houses were ambivalent #metoo https://t.co/QrXxI3bacT | 390 |
1638158665458012160 | Can we write like this : News Minute The editorial board is full of Privileged casteist imbeciles / morons ? @Ahmedshabbir20 @thenewsminute https://t.co/pTCsr054OB | 373 |
1638162493649420290 | Hello @thenewsminute this is disgusting. What is stopping you just say “CMs” https://t.co/ChCGRICSra | 362 |
1639161229464993795 | I argue that language and its meanings evolve, and that truth and meaning are often context-dependent. I also explain which term I prefer and why. @thenewsminute @dhanyarajendran @mondalsudipto @h_tejas https://t.co/7eYkij5gZB | 342 |
1638196198652903424 | Language is a powerful thing - but sometimes we use words without understanding their implied meanings. There's some discussion (and some noise) on the term 'lowered caste' used in one of our recent headlines at @thenewsminute. A term we've been using for well over a year now. | 280 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#globalmediafestival | 35 |
#keralamediaacademy | 33 |
#kuwj | 26 |
#mediaworld | 24 |
#orginals | 24 |
#rahulgandhi | 21 |
#thenewsminute | 14 |
#raghurai | 14 |
#kerala | 12 |
#cuttingsouth | 12 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@thenewsminute | 1934 |
@dhanyarajendran | 461 |
@deccanchronicle | 127 |
@deccanherald | 112 |
@iyervval | 110 |
@rajeevgowda | 105 |
@christinmp_ | 105 |
@prajwaldza | 105 |
@lolita_tnie | 105 |
@inckarnataka | 104 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
25
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
😂 | 58 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
😡 | 42 | enraged_face |
🙏 | 26 | folded_hands |
🤬 | 22 | face_with_symbols_on_mouth |
🤣 | 21 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
🤮 | 21 | face_vomiting |
👏 | 18 | clapping_hands |
💦 | 18 | sweat_droplets |
🤦 | 16 | person_facepalming |
🤔 | 13 | thinking_face |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 314 |
People & Body | 122 |
Symbols | 20 |
Activities | 10 |
Travel & Places | 6 |
Animals & Nature | 4 |
Objects | 4 |
Food & Drink | 1 |