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What's trending for Oct. 22nd, 2012
Google notes that "Paul Ryan shirtless" was searched nine times more often than "Ryan budget."
CEO of Zite Mark Johnson on the new "CNN Trends" section : 'we want to show people different perspectives, different ideas, from the right, from the left, from the middle'
This morning CNN.com is launching the newest addition to its online platform, with “CNN Trends”. This new section tracks the ten most talked-about stories from across the web, not limited to CNN, but ranging from a variety of other news outlets. It essentially delivers a menu with all sides of the biggest stories in one reliable place. Mark Johnson comes to “Early Start” with details on the innovative new section. Johnson is CEO of Zite, the mobile magazine app which was recently acquired by CNN and was instrumental in the technology behind CNN Trends.
Johnson explains how the new tool works. The top ten most talked about topics of the day will be anchored with CNN stories. “And then we’re going to look around the web for other interesting articles that will supplement your knowledge of the story,” Johnson says.
The purpose of the section is give CNN users “a broad based perspective of what people are talking about out there.” “No story can be covered by one single outlet,” Johnson says. “So we want to show people different perspectives, different ideas, from the right, from the left, from the middle.” Johnson says it will have a wide variety of stories of what’s trending right now.
'Binders full of women,' 'economy' trending in tweets during presidential debate – Twitter's Adam Sharp explains
The second presidential debate is now officially in the books and moments from the night entered social media textbooks instantly. The American public’s reactions to President Obama and Mitt Romney’s remarks numbered the millions. Last night’s debate generated over 7.2 million tweets, with a peak of about 110,000 tweets per minute. Adam Sharp, Head of Government, News and Social Innovation on Twitter, joins Zoraida Sambolin in the studio to break down the numbers.
Last night’s event was definitely trending, but it wasn’t quite as popular as the first face off in Denver. The last debate generated 10.3 million tweets, “but if you look back to just four years ago, in 2008, the four debates combined totaled only half a million tweets,” Sharp explains. Sharp narrows down the range of topics tweeted. “The most tweeted topic was, no surprise, the economy, followed by taxes, foreign policy, and then it started to drop off a little bit more from there.” Other major subjects tweeted were gun control and equal pay for women.
The immigration conversation sparked the peak of 110,000 tweets per minute, when “Mitt Romney stumbled over an audience member’s name. Second highest peak of the night, just slightly below that, the President making his comment, ‘My pension isn’t as big as yours.’” Romney’s “binders full of women” remark sparked tens of thousands of tweets during the course of the debate and even a parody account, “that had picked up 30,000 followers before the debate even ended.”
What's trending for Oct. 16th, 2012
"Ryan Girl" sings "Let's Get Fiscal" and Miley Cyrus tweets support for President Obama.
'Malarkey,' 'shirtless' - Google's Abbi Tatton shares the terms that were trending during the VP debate
Just one week after Big Bird made headlines across the nation, another debate buzzword began trending online: “malarkey.”
Governor Mitt Romney may be credited with bringing Big Bird back to conversations among kids and adults well past pre-school, but Vice President Joe Biden is now famous for making malarkey the word of the week. What else was the talk of the web was during & immediately after last night’s vice presidential debate? Google's Abbi Tatton has the answers.
“One of the main things people were trying to figure out, what is the Vice President talking about?” Tatton reports. She says people were searching what “conflating” meant on Google, since Biden used the word in the first hour. “’Who is winning the debate?’ was another one of the breakout searches last night.” Biden related searches included his age, his wife and him laughing. “Very different for Paul Ryan,” Tatton says. “Shirtless” and “Workout” appeared for Ryan. “These are search terms Paul Ryan cannot shake.”
The final word is that the election itself is trending nationwide. “The vice presidential debate last night was more searched than things like Miley Cyrus and baseball,” Tatton says, “so people are really getting interested in this election at this point.”
What's trending for Oct. 11th, 2012
Police called in Lohan family dispute, and Pizza Hut offers free pizza stunt during presidential debate.
What's trending for Oct. 10th, 2012
Jetpacks & "fancy man" tailgates in Nieman Marcus holiday catalog, and couple hooks 85 lb. catfish on Missouri River.
What's trending for Oct. 8th, 2012
Thousands pack bull ring in Spain to form a human tower, and David Blane's million-volt stunt in NYC.
What’s trending on October 5, 2012?
John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin tell you what’s trending right now on “Early Start”.
And, remember that 19th century painting of Jesus that one elderly woman in Spain “restored” into a something resembling a potato? Well, it’s trending all over the web as it becomes more popular as a famous halloween costume this year.
Big bird trending after a shout out in the first presidential debate
In a debate on domestic issues, Big Bird made a cameo. Facebook mentions of the feathery Sesame Street character spiked by almost 800,000%.
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