Today, Biden to receive first daily briefing, the Wisconsin recount comes to nothing, and Biden announces his comms team.
11/30/20
Election 2020 Briefing
Welcome to the NewsWhip 2020 Election Briefing for Monday, November 30th. Today, Biden to receive first daily briefing, the Wisconsin recount comes to nothing, and Biden announces his comms team.
The biggest story of the morning comes from NBC News. They report that Joe Biden is set to receive his first presidential daily briefing today, after the transition process was initially delayed.
The article will rise to 47.1k engagements in the next hour.
The second biggest story of this morning comes from the Conservative Opinion. They report on Chris Krebs going on 60 Minutes to show why, in his opinion, this election was the "most secure in American history."
The article will rise to 26.3k engagements in the next three hours.
The third biggest story of the morning comes from The Daily Wire. They focus on President Trump saying he may appoint a special counsel to investigate the FBI.
The article will rise to 18.8k engagements in two hours.
The top political post on Facebook in the last 24 hours was from Donald Trump. He continues to push conspiracies that he won the election, and that the election was rigged, with no evidence.
The post has 457k engagements since its publication.
The top political post on Reddit comes from r/politics. The post discussed Trump allegedly wandering around muttering that he had won after his election defeat.
The post has a score of 73k since its publication.
The top political tweet of the last day was from Joe Biden. The president-elect laid out reasons for his fellow citizens to wear masks and protect the people around them.
The tweet has 655k likes and retweets since publication.
The top political post on Instagram in the last 24 hours was from Donald Trump. He posted a picture of himself and his family, reposting his daughter Ivanka.
The post has more than 700k engagements since its publication.
Likes and comments: 722k
Spotlight: Joe Biden's comms team
Joe Biden announced more members of his team yesterday, focusing on communications and economics. Of the two, it was the communications team that captured the public interest the most.
The Washington Post's report on the team being made up entirely of women received more than 100k engagements, with a focus on Jennifer Psaki's role as White House press secretary and Kate Bedingfield as the incoming communications director.
While it was less engaged, the news that Neera Tandeen and Cecilia Rouse were expected to be added to Biden's economic team did receive 24k engagements in a WSJ exclusive.
On Facebook, the big publications all approached the news in a similar way, with the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Axios all running similar stories on the comms team and making up the top three posts on the subject.
On Twitter it was individual journalists that saw the most engagement from the announcement, with Yamiche Alcindor, Jim Acosta, and Kyle Griffin having the most engaged tweets.
Top 10 political stories of the last day
Below are the top ten stories of the last 24 hours, ranked by total engagements. The top story came from NBC News, and was about the recount in Wisconsin that the Trump campaign paid $3 million for only to see Joe Biden move slightly further ahead.
The news about Joe Biden's communications team also received considerable engagement in the past 24 hours.
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