Election 2020 Briefing

Predicted top stories this morning

DOJ Fires Back At News Orgs Claiming Voter Fraud Probes Are Over: That’s Not What AG Barr Said

The biggest story of the morning comes from the Daily Wire. They report that claims about what AG Barr said about voter fraud probes were overstated by the media.

The article will rise to 17.4k engagements in the next two hours.

Current interactions: 9k

Predicted interactions: 17.4k

Biden to meet with workers, small business owners on the economic crisis

The second biggest story of this morning comes from NBC News. They report that President-elect Joe Biden is meeting with workers and small business owners to discuss the impacts of the economic crisis caused by Covid-19. 
 
The article will rise to 11.1k engagements in the next two hours.

How a Couple’s Quest to Cure Cancer Led to the West’s First Covid-19 Vaccine

The third biggest story of the morning comes from the Wall Street Journal. They wrote about the founders of BioNTech, who helped to develop the west's first Covid-19 vaccine.

The article will rise to 10.2k engagements in four hours.

Top social posts of the last 24 hours

Spotlight: Section 230

A consistent talking point of President Trump has been Section 230, and what he sees as tech companies being biased against him. He complained about this on Facebook and Twitter yesterday, and threatened to veto a National Defense Authorization Act if it did not include a termination of Section 230.

This complaint has received 360k engagements on Facebook and more than 250k on Twitter. Trump's move was mostly backed by his supporters, including Lou Dobbs and Graham Allen.

It did also generate conversation on Twitter about what Section 230 means, with commentary from Justin Amash and the WSJ's Lindsay Wise.

This is not the first time that Trump and Republicans have targeted Section 230. Trump himself floated this national security framework earlier this week, while the Senate held a hearing on Section 230 with tech CEOs at the end of October. 

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 the Washington Examiner, and saw almost half a million engagements. 

The AP's report about Attorney General Barr saying there was no evidence of voter fraud was also a big narrative for the day, as was a potential presidential pardon bribery scheme reported by CNN and NBC.