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#KCHonors

Right now #KCHonors is trending. I actually didn't have much idea about what this is so I went to their website and read more. Below is the press release about this event.






Accordingly, here is the wordcloud. I didn't realize earlier but @kencen and @cbs were the most commonly used Twitter handles with this hashtag, which is quite obvious. It turns out that the performance by Aretha Franklin was superb and Obama, who attended this event, was also moved. The words "fur" and "coat" appear because she removed her fur coat during the performance. Among the honorees, Cicely Tyson's name appears the most often.


The sentiment is neutral for the most part but there are many positive tweets and only a few negative ones. Overall people were saying nice things about it.
 

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