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~~Because screenshots of social media posts are not journalism:~~
Actually, I'll restate that. Because people tend to believe screenshots of social media posts as gospel truth even though they are not journalism:
The link displayed in the image redirects to
https://www.accuweather.com/en/case-studies/accuweathers-life-saving-tornado-warning-10-minutes-ahead-of-nws-in-tennessee/1743254?hss_channel=lcp-162257
Which doesn't load, with or without the ?hss... part.
I'm not finding the X post by Accuweather, because the scroll only goes back to August 2024 so far as I can tell. However, this appears to stem from a May 8, 2024 storm
Plenty more of their patting themselves on the back here.
The page is cached by Kagi, but not in the web archives.
Yeah, I restated my first sentence, because I'm not throwing shade on you at all.
If I was going to throw shade on you, it would be for failing to embed Saddam Hussein in the image.
That's reserved for special occasions.