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Ed Sheeran Backlash Ratchets Up as Hannah Einbinder, Colin Kaepernick and More Slam Macklemore Firing

Hannah Einbinder, Bernie Sanders, Marissa Bode and others have all released statements denouncing the Macklemore-Ed Sheeran controversy.

Detected Sep 16, 6:54 PM · Last update 1d ago · 393 sources

6.6M

Peak total attention

Mid attention

— The Taxonomy —

What this narrative is about

Categories

  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • World
  • Sports
  • Domestic
  • Lifestyle
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Science

Topics

  • Ed sheeran
  • Macklemore
  • Entertainment
  • Music
  • Robert kraft
  • Palestine
  • Celebrity
  • Free palestine
  • Israel

— The Tone —

The tone: mostly negative

How the coverage is framed

68%

negative

25%

neutral

7%

positive

Of all the attention this narrative draws, 68% comes from coverage with a negative framing. The rest is split between the other two readings.

— The Sources —

Who is driving the attention

16%

Of all coverage comes from 4 of 393 sources

  • headtopics.com9%

+ 389 more sources84%

SourceTitleAttentionSentimentRankSpotted
6.8KNegative#564about 1d ago
6.7KNegative#577about 1d ago
8.3KNegative#402about 1d ago
5.6KNegative#678about 1d ago
4.2KNeutral#732about 1d ago
5.9KNegative#663about 1d ago
4.6KNeutral#727about 1d ago
4.6KNeutral#728about 1d ago
7KNegative#545about 1d ago
7KNegative#550about 1d ago
6.2KNegative#640about 1d ago
7.7KNegative#472about 1d ago
5KNeutral#711about 1d ago
7.1KNegative#540about 1d ago
10.4KNegative#215about 1d ago
8.1KNegative#423about 1d ago
6.4KNegative#609about 1d ago
4.8KNegative#725about 1d ago
5.3KNeutral#699about 1d ago
7.1KNegative#542about 1d ago
7.1KNegative#541about 1d ago
6.6KNegative#588about 1d ago
5KPositive#710about 1d ago
4.8KPositive#722about 1d ago
5.1KNeutral#708about 1d ago

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— The Brief —

What is the “Ed Sheeran Backlash Ratchets Up as Hannah Einbinder, Colin Kaepernick and More Slam Macklemore Firing” narrative?

Global Attention detected this narrative on Sep 16, 6:54 PM, when coverage from unrelated outlets began converging on one story, and has tracked it as a single cluster since.

It currently draws 6.6M attention across 393 sources and 729 articles — its peak total attention so far. Attention is a weighted measure: every article contributes according to the reach and credibility of the source that published it, so ten pieces in wire services can outweigh a hundred in small outlets.

Who is covering it

headtopics.com leads the coverage with 9% of the articles in this narrative. The 4 largest sources account for 16%; the remaining 389 sources carry the other 84%.

How the coverage is framed

Tone is predominantly negative: 68% of the coverage frames this story negatively, against 7% framing it positively. The remaining 25% is neutral — largely explanatory reporting of what happened.

Frequently asked questions

How is attention measured?

Attention is the weighted sum of every article in the cluster. Weight comes from the reach of the publishing source and its historical credibility, not from raw article count. The number shown on this page is the peak total attention reached so far.

How often is this page updated?

Continuously. The cluster is re-scored as new articles arrive; the “last update” timestamp in the header refers to the newest article added to it, which was 1 days ago.