Medium: Who’s influencing election 2016? The MIT Media Lab’s Laboratory for Social Machines captured and analyzed news published by influential media outlets and a “fire hose” of tweets on Twitter. “We were able to identify the election influencers who loom large at the intersection of news and social media.” Fox News comes in at No. 12, as the most influential news organization. And Fox’s Megyn Kelly, famous for sparring with Donald Trump, is the most influential journalist.