MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~1700 articles Jan 1 2020 thru March 2020
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QUARTERLY Report
The MSM has been writing on Q since Dec. 2017, although it really picked up in March 2018 when Roseanne endorsed Q. August 2018, MSM launched its first major attack. But the biggest attack was indirect: the 8chan deplatforming in August 2019.
Since 8kun got replatformed in Nov, the focus shifted back to attacking Q. MSM articles continue to be 95% negative, with a couple of exceptions by more sympathetic pubs (American Thinker and Zerohedge–AT's Jan. 2020 article was picked up by ZH). It also apparently elicited an attack:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/hackers_targeted_american_thinker_after_it_put_up_a_post_about_q.html
But there are still small signs that Q is becoming viewed as more mainstream. Jesse Waters' casual mention in December helped "normalize" the movement (and he didn't get attacked too badly, although NYT did respond predictably). Some of the winter articles lament this normalization–good news for Q's.
CAPS & PDFs
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Article timeline
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Total number of MSM platforms in descending order
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BIG 9 Authors by MSM media platform
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1700 articles by DATE (SEE PAGE 2)
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1700 articles by DATE (also capped):
https://www.keepandshare.com/doc23/110222/1700-msm-articles-about-q-mar-31-2020-by-date-pdf-1-6-meg?da=y
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1700 articles by AUTHOR:
https://www.keepandshare.com/doc23/110225/1700-msm-articles-about-q-mar-31-2020-by-author-pdf-1-6-meg?da=y
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1700 articles by PUB:
https://www.keepandshare.com/doc23/110226/1700-msm-articles-about-q-mar-31-2020-by-pub-pdf-1-6-meg?da=y
Journalists with 7+ MSM articles on Q/8chan
25+ Mike Rothschild (40), Alex Kaplan (38), Will Sommer (38), Jared Holt (37), Kyle Mantyla (30), Ben Collins (26)
12+ Kelly Weill (16), Brandy Zadrozny (15), David Covucci (15), Ali Breland (12), Drew Harwell (12)
7+ Tom Porter (11), Emily Birnbaum (11), Abby Ohlheiser (11), E J Dickson (11), Ryan Broderick (10), April Glaser (9), Adi Robertson (8), Philip Bump (7), John Bowden (7), Travis View (7)
Publications with articles that oppose Q/8chan
60+ WAPO (128), DAILYDOT (79), RWW (70), MEDIA MATTERS (70), NBC (62)
30+ DAILYBEAST (55), THEHILL (44), NYT (51), NEWSWEEK (41), SALON (40), BUZZFEED (36), UK-GUARDIAN (35), VICE (35), ABC (33), HUFFPO (31)
20+ THEVERGE (29), ROLLINGSTONE (25), CNN (23)
15+ SLATE (19), UK-BBC (17), BREITBART (17), VOX (17), BUSINSDR (16), NY-MAG (15), FOX (15)
10+ SPLC (14), UK-SUN (14), NPR (13), MOTHER JONES (13), MASHABLE (12), CBS (13), SEATTLE TIMES (11), WSJ (11), YAHOO (11), POLITICO (11), TIME (10)
JAN 2020 THEMES in rough time order
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Q's running for office = crazy (continues thru March)
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Q followers kidnaps own child
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Celebs against Trump
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VA gun rally
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Q's are anti-vax
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Q's drink bleach to ward off corona
FEB & MARCH 2020 themes in rough time order
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misc, random hit pieces early in Feb
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German shooter likened to Q followers
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F. Brennan flees to US to avoid Filipino criminal libel charges (only 8kun story)
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most focus from March onward is on weird Q stuff re Covid-19