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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 · 389 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

15%

Of all coverage comes from 4 of 389 sources

  • headtopics.com8%

+ 385 more sources85%

SourceTitleAttentionSentimentRankSpotted
4.6KNeutral#722about 1d ago
4.6KNeutral#723about 1d ago
7KNegative#544about 1d ago
7KNegative#549about 1d ago
6.2KNegative#637about 1d ago
7.7KNegative#471about 1d ago
5KNeutral#706about 1d ago
7.1KNegative#539about 1d ago
10.4KNegative#215about 1d ago
8.1KNegative#422about 1d ago
6.4KNegative#606about 1d ago
4.8KNegative#720about 1d ago
5.3KNeutral#694about 1d ago
7.1KNegative#541about 1d ago
7.1KNegative#540about 1d ago
6.6KNegative#585about 1d ago
5KPositive#705about 1d ago
4.8KPositive#717about 1d ago
5.1KNeutral#703about 1d ago
7.1KNegative#532about 1d ago
5.5KPositive#682about 1d ago
7.6KNegative#487about 1d ago
6.3KNegative#622about 1d ago
10.7KNegative#194about 1d ago
6.6KNegative#586about 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 389 sources and 723 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 8% of the articles in this narrative. The 4 largest sources account for 15%; the remaining 385 sources carry the other 85%.

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.