“ First Brexit, then… CorExit? EU’s mild response to coronavirus epidemic could be the final nail in the coffin for European unity,” Op-ed, RT, March 12, 2020. Trump’s bravado, however, only serves to heighten concerns because it suggests this president and his administration haven’t a clue about the dangers being faced.” So said President Trump in a televised nationwide address this week from the Oval Office in a bid to calm growing apprehensions over the coronavirus global pandemic. No nation is more prepared or more resilient than the United States”. ““The virus will not have a chance against us. “ America’s Wages of Sin,” Column, Sputnik News, March 12, 2020. ![]() Iran’s parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani this week called on the rest of the world to demand the lifting of US sanctions because they are hampering the fight against Covid-19 in Iran.” In stark contrast to these international humanitarian actions, the United States continues to impose crippling economic sanctions on Iran under its policy of “maximum pressure”. “ Sickening US Sanctions on Iran,” Column, Sputnik News, March 11, 2020. Some, mostly opinion pieces, highlighted criticism of the United States, the European Union, and Western media related to the outbreak: Each of the top articles about the virus was a basic news update. The majority of the top tweets mentioning Biden were critical of the former vice president, including the top three by likes:Ībout 500 of last week’s almost 1,400 articles mentioned “coronavirus” in the first 200 words, including almost all the articles that received the most engagement on Facebook. This coverage also received relatively little engagement. presidential race remained quite small, with less than 1.5 percent of tweets mentioning former Vice President Joe Biden or Senator Bernie Sanders. Once again, the amount of coverage on the U.S. Other top tweets about the pandemic included viral videos, such as clips of fumigators dramatically marching down the streets in China and a man on public transit in Brussels wiping his saliva onto a stanchion. Most of these posts featured basic news updates or information. ![]() Nearly 2,000 tweets contained the word “coronavirus,” meaning that at least 20 percent of monitored tweets were about the virus (not accounting for tweets that only refer to the pandemic using other terms or more obliquely). Four additional hashtags in the top ten (#COVID_19, #COVID2019, plus the Greek #κορωνοιος and #κορονοιος) were also related to the virus. Russian state-funded media and government and diplomatic corps accounts:Īmong the approximately 9,700 tweets collected last week (as of noon on March 13) from Russian state-funded media and government Twitter accounts, the top hashtag was #coronavirus, followed by #COVID19. Finally, a couple of pieces dealt with the controversy surrounding the first application of Twitter’s new “manipulated media” label, playing up assertions that the platform has been inconsistent and biased. These included articles about various claims of unfairness, involving allegations of anti-Sanders bias in the media and among Democratic elites criticism of Biden and controversy surrounding Tulsi Gabbard’s exclusion from the most recent debate. ![]() presidential race, with emphasis on divisive narratives in the Democratic primary. The vast majority of this coverage consisted of basic news updates although, some articles highlighted criticisms of various Western responses to the pandemic, emphasizing a lack of European unity and claiming media bias. Coronavirus’ dominance in the coverage increased, likely reflecting rising attention globally. Last week, for the eighth consecutive week, the coronavirus was the predominant topic in the Russian media ecosystem.
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