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#SalmanVerdict

Today's hashtag was #SalmanVerdict, which is trending in Asia. Salman Khan is a famous Bollywood actor, who is more know for his rash and irresponsible behavior. 13 years ago he killed two people in Mumbai while driving drunk. At least that's what many people believe. His court case went on for years. Key witnesses turned hostile. Finally today the High Court in Mumbai acquitted him. It has caused a lot of outrage but it's overshadowed by the actor's fan base. Therefore, I was curious to see what people are talking about him. I downloaded just above 100 K tweets and here is the wordcloud:

So, "Car" is a pretty boring word to appear so frequently! Yes, it was a car accident, but still. It seems that people are talking about his "drunk" driving or that he was drunk at that time. The word "money" shows up as well, which probably indicates that people are either talking about bribes or money given to victims. If you check the wordcloud carefully you will see "Ravindra" and "Patil" popping up a few times. Here is the Wikipedia page that describes who he was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravindra_Patil

The sentiment, surprisingly, was not negative. As I mentioned above Salman is a big star and has a large fan following.


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