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Erin Flanagan

@erinkflanagan

A Paris-based journalist and photographer. Co-host of the @SWMHPod weekly politics podcast.

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📢 Did you know AFP has an open-access course to help you identify climate disinformation? In just an hour, you can learn how to identify reliable sources or detect greenwashing ⬇️ #AFP

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I'm 37 and.... am starting a new career am starting a new relationship am in the best shape of my life feel like I'm just getting started. Can we finally stop saying life has to be all figured out by 30?

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A year ago, AFP launched its digital investigation courses, with the support of Google News Initiative Today, at #globalfact10, we’re celebrating the first year of online courses, boot camps and videos, made for journalists and journalism students worldwide. ➡️ digitalcourses.afp.com

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This is magnificent. It’s Henry V on St. Crispin’s day meeting The Thick of It, reimagined by Duolingo with an Irish accent

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And then there were three… Thanks to T, three of the eight positions on the military’s storied joint chiefs of staff are now empty for the first time in history.

And then there were three…

Thanks to <a href="/TTuberville/">T</a>, three of the eight positions on the military’s storied joint chiefs of staff are now empty for the first time in history.
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The front page of tomorrow's The Daily Tar Heel – I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours. Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

The front page of tomorrow's <a href="/dailytarheel/">The Daily Tar Heel</a> –

I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.

Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.
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Does this video show Gabon's ex-Senate leader getting caught fleeing the country following the August 30 coup carrying suitcases of cash? No, Erin Flanagan found that the video shows the 2022 arrest of opposition leader Guy Nzouba-Ndama. Read more here: u.afp.com/iybk

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Is Bola Ahmed Tinubu changing the Nigerian currency to the US dollar? No, Erin Flanagan found that the clip was digitally altered. It was posted by an account that adds voiceovers to videos, including multiple featuring Bola Tinubu. u.afp.com/iFgD

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Did Bola Ahmed Tinubu attend the #G20SummitDelhi without invitation? No, Erin Flanagan found that Nigeria is one of the nine guest countries invited to this year's forum. u.afp.com/iFsC

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Do these videos show soldiers forcing the French ambassador to #Niger from the embassy? No, Erin Flanagan found the videos were filmed in #Gabon's capital of Libreville as soldiers escorted a former minister out of his office. #AFP u.afp.com/itAL

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I've been fact-checking on Twitter for years, and there's always plenty of misinformation during major events. But the deluge of false posts in the last two days, many boosted via Twitter Blue, is something else. Neither fact-checkers nor Community Notes can keep up with this.

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I am 34 y.o. Belarusian living in exile in Poland. FIRST time in my life I will see a peaceful transition of power. To opposition. After democratic elections. With 73% turnout. My message to you - value and protect your democracy. You can't even imagine what a miracle you have.

I am 34 y.o. Belarusian living in exile in Poland.
FIRST time in my life I will see a peaceful transition of power. To opposition. After democratic elections. With 73% turnout. 
My message to you - value and protect your democracy. You can't even imagine what a miracle you have.
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Did the US officially recognise Niger's military coup leaders? No, Erin Flanagan found a recent announcement from the Department of State concluded that a military coup had taken place and described how it would impact American aid to the country. u.afp.com/5oNT

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"He could get killed because of this lie,” the father of a boy falsely claimed to be a Palestinian “crisis actor” told AFP News Agency. My latest with Anuj Chopra on the real-world harms of disinformation accusing civilians of faking their suffering in Gaza. barrons.com/amp/news/he-co…

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"I did what anyone would do. People were there but they couldn’t step in because he was armed, but I knew I could use my helmet as a weapon.” Eimer McAuley spoke with the man who intervened and stopped the attacker on Parnell Street today. Read more: thejournal.ie/motorcyclist-h…