What dominated
The strongest independently supported terms were police (14% of articles; 19 articles), national (7% of articles; 10 articles), night (5% of articles; 7 articles).
Trinidad & Tobago · Daily media brief
Edition: 2026-08-17
Current Updated August 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM AST
The three-minute read
The strongest independently supported terms were police (14% of articles; 19 articles), national (7% of articles; 10 articles), night (5% of articles; 7 articles).
former rose from a 1% seven-day average to 4% of today's articles.
Coverage tone measured 3.7 out of 10 (mildly negative). That was 1.6 points more negative than the prior publishing day.
Against the trailing baseline
Absent from the seven-day comparison baseline and present in supported coverage today.
No qualifying terms.
At least 0.5 log₂ points above its seven-day article-share baseline.
Within 0.5 log₂ points of its seven-day article-share baseline.
At least 0.5 log₂ points below its seven-day article-share baseline.
No qualifying terms.
The conversation map
Movement compares today's article share with the prior 7 publishing days.
Bubble area shows article share. Left-to-right shows critical to constructive framing; bottom-to-top shows cooling to surging coverage.
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19 articles · 4 source families · 14% share
12% prior share · +0.2 movement
10 articles · 4 source families · 7% share
6% prior share · +0.2 movement
7 articles · 2 source families · 5% share
1% prior share · +1.6 movement
6 articles · 4 source families · 4% share
1% prior share · +1.8 movement
6 articles · 3 source families · 4% share
1% prior share · +1.4 movement
5 articles · 3 source families · 4% share
0% prior share · +1.7 movement
5 articles · 4 source families · 4% share
1% prior share · +1.4 movement
5 articles · 2 source families · 4% share
1% prior share · +1.0 movement
5 articles · 3 source families · 4% share
6% prior share · -0.5 movement
5 articles · 3 source families · 4% share
1% prior share · +1.4 movement
5 articles · 3 source families · 4% share
1% prior share · +1.4 movement
5 articles · 2 source families · 4% share
3% prior share · +0.3 movement
Only terms found in at least 3 articles or across 2 source families appear. Small collision offsets prevent overlap. Position describes news coverage, not public opinion.
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