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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

3 years

Lions, crocodiles, penguins and gorillas are not roaming the streets of South Orange, New Jersey, despite a hoax that was circulating widely the morning after severe flash flooding in the area.

Animals didn’t escape zoo in NJ storm

Lions, crocodiles, penguins and gorillas are not roaming the streets of South Orange, New Jersey, despite a hoax that was circulating widely the morning after severe flash flooding in the area.

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2 years

An altered photo claiming to show the judge who approved the Mar-a-Lago search warrant with Ghislaine Maxwell has been shared online in recent days and appeared on Fox News last night. The real photo features Jeffrey Epstein, not Bruce Reinhart.

Photo altered to include judge who approved Mar-a-Lago warrant

Social media users are sharing the manipulated image that puts Reinhart and Maxwell together, making it appear she is rubbing his foot as he holds a bottle of bourbon and package of Oreos.

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A completely false claim that Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs was indicted by state lawmakers amassed thousands of shares online yesterday. She wasn't, and indictments are handed up by grand juries, not legislative bodies. By @philmarcelo

Arizona’s governor hasn’t been 'indicted' by the state senate, contrary to viral claim

Social media users are falsely claiming Arizona’s governor has been “indicted” by local lawmakers. But the Republican leadership in Arizona’s state Senate say no such indictment has been issued.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

Today I start a new job reporting on misinformation for @AP in NYC (remotely at first). I’m thrilled to return to my old stomping grounds! And as this crisis pushes on, I’m at least grateful I get to help in a small way — by getting the truth out and debunking harmful rumors 🕵️‍♀️

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3 years

Be wary of vague posts identifying people as combat heroes. They can be propaganda narratives with ulterior motives. For example: A Ukrainian trauma doctor was hailed as a hero for blowing up 52 Russian tanks. But she didn't do that. I talked to her mom.

Posts spread fictional tale of ‘Ukrainian beauty’ who blew up 52 tanks

A misrepresented photo of a trauma doctor in Ukraine is the latest example of false propaganda and disinformation that have overwhelmed social media in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine over the...

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3 years

That video claiming to show Walmart's current vision for grocery shopping in the metaverse? It doesn't. The video was a demonstration for SXSW in 2017, and doesn't reflect the company's current plans. @arijetalajka reports:

Video shows 2017 Walmart virtual reality demonstration

Social media users this week shared a video illustrating a virtual reality shopping experience at Walmart, claiming it showed the company’s vision for the “metaverse” – a 3D virtual environment...

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@AliSwenson

3 years

REVERSE-IMAGE SEARCH! Get a Chrome extension that does multiple reverse-image searches at once to make your life easier. And be skeptical. Does the footage look like it was captured where it says it was? Does anything seem off?

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@donie

3 years

#OSIT people: What's your #1 piece of advice to people to not get duped by misinfo/cheapfakes etc. on social media when it comes to Ukraine?

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

Personal news: This week I experienced 111-degree temperatures for the first time, and also started reporting for the @phoenixnewtimes ! Thrilled to write about politics, mental health, immigration and more alongside such a talented team. Get in touch: ali.swenson @newtimes .com.

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4 years

Social media users claiming "AOC lied" about her location on Jan. 6 have their facts wrong. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez made a point to clarify she wasn't in the main Capitol building during the attack, and she never claimed rioters were in her hallway or office.

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@AliSwenson

4 years

Dr. Fauci isn’t married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister, the FBI didn’t say teacher is the most common occupation of antifa activists and the CDC didn’t “seed” nasal swabs with the coronavirus. Those are just a few of the debunks in this week’s fake news roundup:

AP Fact Check

@APFactCheck

4 years

NOT REAL NEWS: Here’s a look at what didn’t happen this week, even if you saw stories saying it did. #APFactCheck

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5 years

I’m at the First Baptist Church of Scottsdale, where Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to give remarks at a roundtable of Hispanic leaders. Small group of @HonestArizona folks outside with a truck:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

Hi, I just want to share that I’ll be spending the summer reporting and editing news for the @AP in New York City as part of the #DJNFTemple19 class! Working for the AP is a dream come true & I am so excited! That’s all!

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@AliSwenson

4 years

Infrared thermometers don't emit radiation into the brain; they sense heat emitted by the body. And they won't hurt the small endocrine organ known as the pineal gland. We debunked this false claim in July:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

First day at the @AP in New York was a joy thanks to the welcoming team at the East Region desk (aka EAR). Send me tips: aswenson @ap .org

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Crazy how the Democrats are about to debate on the very same stage where I danced to Fergie’s “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” in a *legendary* 2013 sorority dance-off

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Leaving NYC without knowing how soon you’ll live here again makes you do weird, nostalgic things like take pics of your apartment’s hell elevator:

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@AliSwenson

5 years

I��m at a Costco in north Scottsdale, where hundreds are gathered in line for a 2 p.m. book signing event with Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle.

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Five months ago, I knew very little about Arizona’s pot industry — its bizarre antics, tangled webs of holding companies & legally questionable, multimillion-dollar deals. Turns out, it makes for a pretty good story. My @phoenixnewtimes cover out today:

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@AliSwenson

2 years

Letter from Arizona AG Mark Brnovich, discrediting claims of hundreds of dead voters in Arizona in 2020: “Our agents investigated all individuals that Cyber Ninjas reported as dead, and many were very surprised to learn that they were allegedly deceased.”

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@AP

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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says his investigators found just one dead voter after thoroughly reviewing findings from a partisan review of the 2020 election that alleged 282 ballots were cast in the name of someone who had died.

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5 years

My first story for the @AP out today, on the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of New York’s Stonewall uprising:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

Beyond thankful to a newsroom where I’ve gotten to chase down Epstein scoops and women’s soccer stars, and navigate minefields from NYC in a blackout to Coney Island on the 4th of July. I’ll miss this @AP team, but I look forward to new reporting adventures out west very soon 🥰

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Working from a coffee shop in LA today. Forgot how good the eavesdropping is in this town. Male startup coder brags to female co-worker about how hard it is to be the youngest AND the most technically gifted at the firm. Sir, I have news for you

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@AliSwenson

5 years

We’re told the venue is typically capped at 14,000, but could be more depending on configuration. Overflow crowds to watch on the Jumbotron pictured here: #TrumpInAZ

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

Local news matters! Thanks for reading.

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@JulianCastro

5 years

You serve our country, you should get to stay. Period.

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5 years

I’m told there are protesters at the sidewalk but they’re being kept out. I can’t see them for myself in the thick of the crowd. The Arizona Republican Party says the media is not invited to the event, so I’m waiting in line as a member of the public with a Costco card.

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@AliSwenson

2 years

For those who remember false #SharpieGate claims that erupted after Arizona's 2020 election, meet their 2022 revival:

Pen misinformation bleeds into Arizona primary

Arizona's largest county is facing a repeat of #SharpieGate, the social media uproar that erupted after the 2020 election based on the false claim that Sharpie pens provided at the polls would ruin...

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Alex Murillo never thought he could be deported. He’d lived in Phoenix legally since he was a baby. He’d served in the Navy! But he still ended up on a prison bus to Tijuana. And that’s where our story starts. Please read my 1st @phoenixnewtimes cover:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 months

This cool @AP interactive uses Google Trends data to show which election issues people are searching the most in your state:

What Americans are searching for about the 2024 election | AP News

This is what America is searching for on Google about the 2024 election. Find updated rankings, nationwide and by state.

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@AliSwenson

3 years

The Taliban have seized guns, ammunition, helicopters and other modern military equipment from Afghan forces, but it isn't worth the $80 billion or more that social media users and political figures have claimed.

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@AliSwenson

2 years

The giveaway? The visual artist had not only previously posted this exact video on YouTube and TikTok, but also other CGI videos that used the same field landscape or audio track. More on this here:

Video claiming to show Russian missile was created using visual effects

Throughout Russia’s war on Ukraine, social media users attempting to push certain narratives or gain followers have posted digital animations and video game sequences, misrepresenting them as combat...

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Shayan Sardarizadeh

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2 years

It's day 118 of Ukraine war. A video claiming to show a Russian Kinzhal missile destroy an arms depot in Ukraine is being widely shared on multiple platforms. It was made by a CGI artist, shared in February under the title "What if Russia started nuclear war?", via @AliSwenson .

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5 years

Librarians told me about seeing overdoses & psychiatric crises and even getting death threats in the stacks. They also told me about how they’ve given life-saving help to patrons w/ nowhere else to go. The public library has changed. My story for @AP :

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@AliSwenson

5 years

When your mom is quarantining in Hawaii

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@AliSwenson

5 years

The staffs of @phoenixnewtimes and other VMG papers have been working at all hours of the day and night — weekends included — to cover the coronavirus thoughtfully, critically and thoroughly for readers. This is crushing news.

VMG Guild 🖇

@VMGGuild

5 years

VMG just sent us an email saying that effective tomorrow our pay will be cut by 25 percent and layoffs will probably be necessary.

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3 years

Incidentally, today marks one year since I started working full time at @AP . Just 174 to go!!!

AP CorpComm

@AP_CorpComm

3 years

. @AP celebrates 175 years of advancing the power of facts:

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Proudly presenting the rare co-byline with @HannaCritch ! Here's what that damning @BuzzFeed ICE whistleblower report says about what's happening in Arizona detention facilities:

Whistleblower: ICE Denied Arizona Detainees Proper Medical and Psychiatric Care

Without the treatment he needed, one detainee's psychiatric symptoms got so bad that he "lacerated his penis," requiring hospitalization and surgery, the report said.

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@AliSwenson

3 years

Firmly believe everyone needs to experience the immaculate upstate New York fall vibes I just experienced over a long weekend, so:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

2 years

There is a false narrative that since the Idaho murder investigation used cellphone pings to place the suspect near the crime scene, geospatial tracking used in the film "2,000 Mules" must be legitimate. That's wrong -- and there's actually a good opportunity here to explain why.

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@AliSwenson

5 years

A veteran’s deportation was halted last week to give him time to file paperwork and await a potential pardon. But when his lawyer arrived for a scheduled visit at an AZ ICE facility today, he discovered his client was deported overnight.

Iraq War Vet Suddenly Deported After Being Granted Temporary Reprieve in Arizona

ICE officials deported Jose Segovia-Benitez late last night or early this morning, before his lawyer arrived for a scheduled visit.

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@AliSwenson

2 years

In the hours after yesterday’s shooting, online posts seized on photos of innocent internet users to falsely identify them as the gunman and label him as transgender. Our team talked to two trans women who were swept up in this disinformation campaign.

'Horrifying' conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting

Misinformation and conspiracy theories about Tuesday's deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, began to spread online only hours after the carnage.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

2 years

Even 176-year olds are on TikTok these days. That's right -- @AP has taken the leap! Get excited. Follow at APNews.

TikTok · The Associated Press

397 likes, 25 comments. “The AP started 176 years ago and used to deliver news via telegraph. Forgive us if it took us a while to join TikTok.”

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@AliSwenson

4 years

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ex-cop Derek Chauvin convicted of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd death that stirred worldwide protests.

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@AliSwenson

5 years

For @phoenixnewtimes , I did a deep dive on the only voter initiative that has gathered enough signatures to appear on Arizona's ballot this November. Now, with the coronavirus, it could be the only one that does. Will Arizona legalize marijuana in 2020?

Arizona's Marijuana Activists Are United. Will That Be Enough for Legalization This Year?

A look at the dynamics at play ahead of this year's adult-use legalization push in Arizona.

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@AliSwenson

4 years

Most excited to hug my mom 😀

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Crowd’s cheering as @SenMcSallyAZ arrives and takes pictures with folks waiting.

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@AliSwenson

5 years

I’m at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix with @brimalloy_ and thousands of Trump supporters as we await this evening’s 7 p.m. rally. It’ll be the first of three Trump rallies in western states over the next three days. #TrumpInAZ

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@AliSwenson

2 years

One of the coolest parts of traveling for a few stories over the past few weeks has been getting to visit two more @AP offices for the first time. An antique in Atlanta on the left, and El Ángel de la Independencia in Mexico City on the right!

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

2 years

The unexpected star of today's Jan. 6 hearing: Sidney Powell's Diet Dr. Pepper

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@AliSwenson

4 years

As someone who made a regular family newspaper, rolled it up and put it in the mailbox at age 7, I’m obsessed with these. Also, design has come a long way since Windows 98 WordArt.

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@AliSwenson

2 years

Using the hashtag #diedsuddenly , online conspiracy theorists have flooded social media with news reports, obituaries and GoFundMe pages in recent months, leaving grieving families to wrestle with the lies. My story over the weekend with @AJFichera :

'Died suddenly' posts twist tragedies to push vaccine lies

A growing online conspiracy theory is using the tagline “died suddenly” to baselessly claim that COVID-19 vaccines are killing people.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

A big week ahead demands a magical fall leaves timeline cleanse:

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@AliSwenson

2 years

New with @DavidKlepper : More than a third of Truth Social users Donald Trump has reposted since Aug. 15 have promoted QAnon content. About 1 in 10 did so in their profile bios. Trump's embrace of the conspiracy theory comes as violence linked to it grows.

Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories

Donald Trump is increasingly embracing and endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to the movement rises.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

3 years

When I first reached out to the mom on FB, she was concerned I was a bot. I showed her my AP ID card. When I sent her the story, she sent a sentence that resonated. (Rough translation): "I'm sorry I was so wary at first. After all these lies, I am very afraid of everything."

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

A sign on the wall here at Costco, which has told other media it is not involved in partisan politics and strives to keep its stores free of politics. The store hasn’t responded to my questions on today’s event.

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@AliSwenson

2 years

Shout out to all the other people named Ali who, like me, have to deal with briefly thinking every email addressed “Dear All” is addressed only to them

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Me: sulking about how my student loan grace period is going to end soon and I’m going to be poor. My student loan servicer:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

1 year

I had the pleasure of talking with Briana Vannozzi at @NJSpotlightNews yesterday about my reporting on Moms for Liberty, a group that has inflamed school board meetings nationwide and will start targeting state-level education posts in 2024. Take a look:

Moms For Liberty targets school boards nationwide | Video | NJ Spotlight News

The controversial group’s annual summit was in Philadelphia at the weekend

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

Masks don't cause pneumonia, @AOC didn't delete a tweet saying businesses should stay closed, @NASCAR didn't ban MAGA hats and North Carolina gun owners won't be charged for concealed carrying while wearing a mask. Those debunks and more in this week's fake news roundup:

AP Fact Check

@APFactCheck

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NOT REAL NEWS: Here’s a look at what didn’t happen this week, even if you saw stories saying it did. #APFactCheck

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@AliSwenson

8 years

Took me a sec to realize @latimes wasn't commending me in a personalized email...

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@AliSwenson

5 years

Oh dear

Mike Baker

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5 years

South Dakota has launched a campaign to combat meth. With this new logo.

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People may not know this, but we have five news reporters. Before two of us came on mid-year, there were only three. Knowing that, I'm always so amazed to look back on the big waves my colleagues make in the Valley every day.

Phoenix New Times

@phoenixnewtimes

5 years

From running sexual predators out of town, to getting accused pedophiles out of office, to sparking a series of government investigations into corrupt companies putting people's health at risk Our small news team gets big results.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

When I joined @VoiceMediaGroup as an editorial fellow, I was joining a storied legacy. Our fellows are nationally known for winning prestigious awards, breaking key stories and becoming indispensable in their newsrooms in a very short time.

VMG Guild 🖇

@VMGGuild

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Update: Today we delivered this letter to management.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

Posts went viral today claiming Officer Derek Chauvin was pictured wearing a “Make Whites Great Again” hat and standing onstage at a Donald Trump rally. Neither is true.

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@AliSwenson

2 years

IT'S ELECTION DAY! This year, in addition to tracking false claims about voting, we wrote short explainers about the election situations and processes that are most commonly misrepresented. The best part? We published each one in English and Spanish. Here's a thread🧵

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

9 years

I biked 14.1 miles to work downtown. And I survived. Then I wrote about it for @latimesopinion .

L.A. Times Opinion

@latimesopinion

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How I learned to bike to work in Los Angeles without getting maimed

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5 years

I don't know what's better, the fact that my alma mater @LoyolaMarymount is hosting tonight's Democratic debate, or the fact that the @nytimes linked to our university president's personal EDM Soundcloud in its coverage h/t @mrbusse

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@AliSwenson

5 years

On Wednesday, Arizona banned wildlife hunting contests that reward participants for racking up the most kills. Animal advocates hailed the decision. But legal loopholes leave room for the contests to continue. My first for the @phoenixnewtimes :

AZ Banned Hunting Contests, but Legal Loopholes Leave Room for Interpretation

"We just need to read the law and word things differently and work it from a different angle. Selling cocaine is illegal but happens daily.”

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

The cafe where I made new friends, read Didion, wrote dozens of thesis draft pages and people watched late at night. Always with an apple strudel and — of course — bottomless drip coffee. A special place in New York.

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5 years

New: Anyone who can qualify for a medical marijuana card in New Mexico can now enroll in the state's program — whether you're from Arizona, Texas or anywhere else. But that wasn't quite the state's intention...

New Mexico Is Giving Medical Pot Cards to Nonresidents — But Was It a Mistake?

The law used to require New Mexico residency. Now it says any "person" can register for a card.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

The spread of a baseless conspiracy theory about Wayfair this week has strained a national human trafficking hotline and forced a mother to plead with YouTube and Facebook to remove posts that falsely identify her daughter as a victim. w/ @AmandaSeitz :

Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online

CHICAGO (AP) — The baseless conspiracy theory took off after an anonymous user posed a bizarre question in an internet chatroom: What if retail giant Wayfair is using pricey storage cabinets to...

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

My alma mater student newspaper out with the local angle! So proud 🥲

Los Angeles Loyolan

@LALoyolan

4 years

Before Amanda Gorman was the youngest known poet to speak at a Presidential Inauguration, she spent a large portion of her childhood on the LMU bluff.

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My former classmate (& great reporter) @andreamsahouri still faces charges — for covering a protest. A letter signed by many individuals & outlets incl. the AP: “Ms. Sahouri was in a place where she had every right to be, doing a job that she has a constitutional right to do."

Russell Contreras

@RussContreras

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A prosecutor who is pursuing charges against an Iowa newspaper reporter arrested while covering a protest in May says his office shouldn’t have to give body-camera footage and other evidence to the journalist’s lawyer because his office was too busy

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2 years

Even before Damar Hamlin was carried off the field Monday, unfounded posts about him were spreading online by the thousands. Cardiologists say athlete cardiac arrests long predated the pandemic. There is no evidence linking Hamlin’s injury to vaccination.

Hamlin's collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation

Misinformation about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines has flared up once again, this time following the on-field collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin during a game Monday.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

If anyone needed a reminder that student journalism matters:

The State Press

@statepress

4 years

Breaking: Sonya Forte Duhé will not assume the position of Cronkite dean on July 1, according to an ASU spokesperson. An interim dean will be announced at a later date.

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Student journalists: Do not listen to this advice. You can take some things you learn in journalism school with a grain of salt, but sharing a story with a source before publication is never OK.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

3 years

Police officers aren't quitting over the vaccine protests in Canada's capital city, as some online posts have claimed. The Ottawa Police Service and a union representing its members both say there have been zero resignations over the protests. New from me:

Posts falsely claim 50% of Ottawa police quit over protests

Protests led by a convoy of truckers against vaccine mandates have not prompted half of Ottawa police officers to quit, contrary to claims made by one protest advocate.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

Spoke to @JulianCastro today in downtown Phoenix, where he was campaigning for @ewarren ahead of Arizona's March 17 presidential preference election. Recent polls, fundraising dollars and political consultants here all indicate she faces long odds...

Julián Castro Campaigns for Warren in Phoenix as She Faces 'Tough' Path Forward

Bernie Sanders is currently polling ahead of Elizabeth Warren in Arizona, but Warren isn't giving up yet.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

High praise from the most badass criminal justice reporter and public records whiz I know. Thank you, Meg!

Meg O'Connor

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. @AliSwenson joined Phoenix New Times uh *one week ago* and is already killing it. Read her latest with more details on corrupt state trooper Tremaine Jackson, who was arrested on Tuesday for exploiting his position of power to sexually abuse women

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4 years

Stuck inside for the third straight day in Seattle with a sky filled with smoke and the air quality ranking third-worst in the world. And we’re really lucky.

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@AliSwenson

3 years

We're @duPontAwards finalists! Congratulations to this all-star team. If you haven't listened to @publicintegrity 's "The Heist" yet, I hear it's a great binge listen for upcoming holiday travels...🦃

Sally Herships

@sherships

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🏆💫 Some exciting news!! 💫 Congratulations team heist and @publicintegrity ! @meifongwriter @ATHolmes @curtisfox @ajmacadam @brettforrest89 @AliSwenson @cfvspetersen @checaballero @kkranhold @lucasinthewoods @rsamer @bysarahkleiner @Soundslikenina @scwyman

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@AliSwenson

5 years

"If the Republicans are a marching band, Democrats at our best are jazz," says Ravi Gupta. The co-founder of the progressive group Arena hopes to boost organization in Democratic campaigns with a boot camp for aspiring staffers in Phoenix this weekend.

National Group Hosts Campaign Boot Camp in Phoenix in Push to Flip Arizona Blue

Arizona's potential as a swing state in 2020 has lured a national group to train campaign staffers in a Phoenix boot camp this weekend.

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Ali Swenson

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6 years

When I was 8 years old my uncle catapulted me off an air mattress onto his lawn and broke my arm. 16 years later...

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

3 years

If anyone is in need of thank-you note inspiration, look no further than the one my friend sent me 20 years ago after I accidentally overfed her fish

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@AliSwenson

5 years

BREAKING: CNN has cut the live audience and press room for the Democratic debate in Phoenix this Sunday, citing COVID-19 concerns.

Update: Phoenix Presidential Debate Moving to Washington, D.C., Due to COVID-19

The Democratic debate in Phoenix this Sunday won't have a live audience or press room amid COVID-19 concerns, the network announced in an email Tuesday.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

Very grateful for @DJNF and Dr. Trayes for this honor. I’ll never forget the time I got to spend at Temple and at the @AP . Thank you!

Dow Jones News Fund

@DJNF

5 years

. @AliSwenson - a @columbiajourn and @LoyolaMarymount alumna, was named the 2019 Trayes Scholar for her outstanding work during the @DJNF Temple residency program and an @AssociatedPress internship. Congrats, Ali!

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3 years

This is a national failure and a devastating tragedy.

US overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say

U.S. health officials say an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year. That's a total the nation has never seen.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

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Twice in the past week, President Joe Biden has falsely claimed inflation was at 9% when he entered office. Inflation was at 1.4% in 2021 as he assumed the presidency, after a pandemic low of 0.1% in May 2020. The facts, from @melissa_goldin :

Biden cites erroneous inflation statistic to make his case about the economy

Biden has twice cited this number, which is drawn from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, in the past week, first in a CNN interview on May 8 and again during an interview...

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

2 years

A week away from the U.S. and Twitter (and in my own personal version of The Holiday) 🇬🇧

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

Live shot of @HannaCritch and me watching the Maricopa County sheriff's race play out after analyzing *more than a hundred* pages of 2019 Arpaio donations compared to the *two* pages of Sheridan donations: 🤯🤯

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@ujohnnyg

4 years

Jerry Sheridan pulls ahead of Joe Arpaio in GOP primary for Maricopa County sheriff. County officials have about 30,000 ballots left to tabulate @azcentral

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@AliSwenson

5 years

It’s also on Veterans Day. Trump’s book has been criticized by some veterans for a passage that seems to compare his family’s sacrifices with the sacrifices of military members who have died.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

A Facebook post circulating today falsely claims Michigan's @GovWhitmer ignored social distancing guidelines by drinking alongside others at a brewery. But this photo was actually taken more than a year ago, in February 2019. My fact-check here:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

This video shows temporary camps for Portland residents experiencing homelessness during the pandemic. They've been in place since April, according to JOIN, the local nonprofit that operates these sites. This is not an antifa "war encampment." More here:

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2 years

Twitter users, researchers and reporters doubted it, but yesterday's video of a shark (or large fish) swimming in a flooded backyard in Florida is real!🦈🦈🦈 All the details in a new story from me and @BylineGraph :

Hurricane Ian ‘street shark’ video defies belief

A cellphone video filmed during Hurricane Ian’s assault on southwest Florida on Wednesday showed a shark or other large fish thrashing around an inundated Fort Myers backyard.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

I follow so many journalists + also so many misinformation spreaders on this website and this is one of the few tweets I've seen every group wildly obsessed with (for good reason)

Lawrence Hurley

@lawrencehurley

4 years

“I’m here live, I’m not a cat,” says lawyer after Zoom filter mishap “I can see that,” responds judge

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8 years

Anyone who knows me knows I grew 👏 up 👏 on 👏 PBS 👏. Arthur taught me more than cable ever could have. Public broadcasting is valuable.

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

8 years

PBS and NPR are pushing back on Trump's proposal to eliminate their funding

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2 years

In a departure from my usual beat, I partnered with @masayett on a story looking at TikTok de-influencers. If social media has ever convinced you to buy a water bottle, hair dryer or makeup you don't need, this one's for you!

TikTok 'de-influencers' want Gen Z to buy less - and more

NEW YORK (AP) — At a time when consumers are inundated with so-called social media influencers peddling the latest products online, a slew of TikTok users are leveraging their platforms to tell...

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

8 years

If you didn't know about @santamonicacity 's plans to build green, you should—this could be a defining moment for CA. I wrote about it here:

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

8 years

Can Santa Monica pull off building the greenest structure in California history? Here's what may be coming by 2020:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

5 years

Do you... -Need reading material for the flight home for the holidays? -Need to escape talking politics with family members who had too much eggnog? -Want to reflect on the best longreads the illustrious team at @PhoenixNewTimes wrote this year? Enjoy.

The 10 Best Phoenix New Times Longreads of 2019

Our gift to you this holiday season: a reading list of our favorite longform stories of the year.

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

4 years

🚨Fake tweet alert🚨 The below picture makes it look like @AOC tweeted that she wants businesses to stay closed through November. The tweet is fabricated. We confirmed using archives of the account & tools that track deleted tweets by politicians:

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Ali Swenson

@AliSwenson

2 years

Brighten your friends’ days. Show them you care. Wish them a Happy Groundhog Day.

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2 years

George H.W. Bush didn't store presidential documents in a former bowling alley as Donald Trump falsely claims. National Archives staff sorted the records there, as they awaited the completion of the nearby presidential library. w/ @BylineGraph

FACT FOCUS: Sorting papers and facts in an ex-bowling alley

At a rally for Nevada Republicans on Saturday, former President Donald Trump argued against the federal probe into the storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate by falsely suggesting...

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