Yeah, the endorsement was mentioned - while the assassination attempt was not.
Here is a quote from that study:
> In Phase Two, comparing Republican-leaning and Democrat-leaning accounts, we again observed an engagement shift around the same date, affecting all metrics
It's so obvious that an assassination attempt on a republican candidate will boost republican engagement MORE than democrats. It's just as obvious that a corona virus outbreak in close proximity to a laboratory which works on corona viruses, escaped very likely from that lab. Common sense. Also for weeks after the event, of course republicans continued to be more riled up about it.
This is not science. If the claim is that Musk tuned the algorithms at that special date, you have to prove it by other means, other than engagement being boosted at that day and weeks to follow.
Here is a quote from that study:
> In Phase Two, comparing Republican-leaning and Democrat-leaning accounts, we again observed an engagement shift around the same date, affecting all metrics
It's so obvious that an assassination attempt on a republican candidate will boost republican engagement MORE than democrats. It's just as obvious that a corona virus outbreak in close proximity to a laboratory which works on corona viruses, escaped very likely from that lab. Common sense. Also for weeks after the event, of course republicans continued to be more riled up about it.
This is not science. If the claim is that Musk tuned the algorithms at that special date, you have to prove it by other means, other than engagement being boosted at that day and weeks to follow.