The only thing more terrifying than toxic green water and deadly oysters? The fact that these are real stories that took place in … you guessed it … Florida.
Our digital media gurus analyzed the most viral Florida news of this week — curated by reactions, comments, and shares — to find out “What’s Trending in Florida News?”
WFLA News Channel 8 and WPLG Local 10 News dominated the socialsphere this week, with several thousand more interactions than the #2 on Facebook and Twitter.
TOP 10 NEWS OUTLETS BY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ON FACEBOOK
TOP 10 NEWS OUTLETS BY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ON TWITTER
TRENDING ON FACEBOOK
That doesn’t look right… Toxic green algae water spews out of Lake Okeechobee.
Protesters are arrested after blocking the street outside of the ICE facility in Miramar.
Hope this doesn’t spoil your appetite! A man dies from a bacterial infection after a eating a bad oyster in Sarasota.
Florida teams up with Georgia and Alabama to launch “Operation Southern Shield” in an effort to stop speeders.
TRENDING ON TWITTER
A Florida man who wanted to “kill all Jews” tried to burn down a Miami Beach apartment complex, and is now facing attempted murder charges.
UPDATE: Police say Miami Beach man who wanted to “kill all Jews” now facing attempted murder charge after gasoline stockpile found in building: https://t.co/BHvJ8qGGW8 pic.twitter.com/CNlpoMjlF7
— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) July 13, 2018
Grand jury indicts four men for the murder of rapper XXXTentacion in Deerfield Beach last month.
#BREAKING: Grand jury indicts four men for the murder of rapper @XXXTentacion in Deerfield Beach last month https://t.co/obQ3SAQCKp
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) July 19, 2018
A new lawsuit claims that a Broward County detective’s retirement party hindered security in the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting.
A new lawsuit claims a @browardsheriff detective’s retirement party got in the way of security before the mass shooting in 2017 that killed five people and wounded six at @FLLFlyer.https://t.co/q8BQSe5kF1
— CBS4 Miami (@CBSMiami) July 13, 2018
Data was collected from CrowdTangle on Friday, July 20, 2018. It covers the period between Saturday, July 14, 2018 and July 20, 2018.