Paul Myers @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025It’s late but not too late. Get those last minute votes in! 020
Reposted by Paul MyersRichard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 18/01/20251/ THREAD How Ben and I know what we know and did what we could on the Gaza 'humanitarian zone'. This really has been eight months’ hard work from him and assistance from me. So how did we, for example, know this video from the PRCS was within the IDF-designated ‘humanitarian zone’? 1229
Reposted by Paul MyersShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US health secretary. BBC Verify has examined some of RFK Jr's most controversial claims on vaccine safety, water fluoridation, Covid-19 and food. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comRFK Jr: Fact-checking his views on health policyRobert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated to be the next US health secretary, but some of his views are not backed by science. 42578224
Paul Myers @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024youtu.be/Wx00P7_n-SQyoutu.beMorrissey - There's a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends (LYRICS ON SCREEN) 📺YouTube video by enc0m511 050
Reposted by Paul MyersRichard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 11/10/2024Yet more misnomers & doctoring around Hurricane Milton. Here's our BBC Verify note on three false videos, analysed and peer reviewed by three legends (incl @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social) on the team, while pointing to very real imagery from a life and death situation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...bbc.co.ukHurricane Milton live updates: Thousands rescued from flooded areas and 16 killedMore than two-and-a-half million homes and businesses remain without power after the storm tore through Florida. 051
Reposted by Paul MyersShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 08/10/2024Here's our report from July about John Mark Dougan's network of AI-powered fake news websites masquerading as US local news outlets that post fake stories about Ukraine and America. With @olgar.bsky.social @wendling.bsky.social @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukA Bugatti, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at AmericansA former US police officer runs an AI-powered network of misleading news sites turning its sights towards November. 03514
Reposted by Paul MyersRichard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 24/10/20231/x A quicker thread on some simple guidelines when trying to geolocate within a city. The IAF put out a video on 15 Oct showing a strike on the buildings below and claiming they had killed an Al-Qassam commander in Khan Yunis, Gaza. 195
Reposted by Paul MyersRichard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 15/09/2023As comms, electricity, rescue teams and journalists reach Derna, Libya, more video of the earliest moments of the flood are emerging. They are nightmarish. (Thread on how @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social, @paulybrown.bsky.social and Vic Park-Froud verified this clip, below.) www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/worl...bbc.co.ukCCTV shows cars swept away in Libya floodingLarge parts of the city of Derna were destroyed after two dams burst, with thousands killed. 141
Reposted by Paul MyersShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 06/09/2023Twitter tells me this tweet doesn't violate any of its policies. I'm stunned. 65416
Reposted by Paul MyersDr. Manisha Ganguly @manisha.bsky.social · 11/07/2023I interviewed Col Rabih Elenezi, the first high-profile defector from the Saudi state apparatus. He was advised to live like Edward Snowden by London Met police. He told me the advice seeks to silence him, much like the Saudi regime - 🧵 t.co/ABK44McKtAt.coThreatened Saudi dissident told to live like Edward Snowden by Met policeCol Rabih Alenezi received advice after reporting death threats, of which he says he receives 50 a week 162
