{"id":3713,"date":"2023-10-12T17:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1307007.us31.myftpupload.com\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2023-10-12T17:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:52:29","slug":"dw-africa-deletes-facebook-post-claiming-liberias-prez-george-weah-is-leading-in-the-poll-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/dw-africa-deletes-facebook-post-claiming-liberias-prez-george-weah-is-leading-in-the-poll-count\/","title":{"rendered":"DW Africa deletes Facebook post claiming Liberia’s Prez George Weah is leading in the poll count"},"content":{"rendered":"

A screenshot of a Facebook post allegedly made by DW Africa, suggesting incumbent President George Weah has taken the lead in the just-ended presidential election is being widely circulated on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cEarly tallying in the Liberian election shows incumbent president George Weah taking the lead\u2026,\u201d the viral image supposedly posted by DW Africa partly reads.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A screenshot of the viral Facebook post<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/blockquote>\n

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However, the post cannot currently be traced on DW Africa\u2019s Facebook page. <\/span><\/p>\n

Rather another post by DW Africa claims: \u201cProvisional results in the Liberian election show former Vice-President Joseph Boakai taking the lead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Facebook post by DW Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/blockquote>\n

Which is which?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our checks show the German, state-owned international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle indeed mistakenly published the content on the viral image and later deleted the post.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I just found out that our social media editor posted it and quickly realized her mistakes and corrected it,” an Editor at DW\u2019s English for Africa Service, Abu-Bakarr Jalloh stated when contacted by FactSpace West Africa.<\/p>\n

However, the situation is generating heated conversations online with screenshots of the deleted Facebook post being widely circulated by supporters of the two leading candidates (here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

The screenshot of a Facebook post suggesting incumbent President George Weah has taken the lead was mistakenly published by DW Africa. However, the post has since been deleted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Update – DW Africa has issued an apology on their Facebook page, partly saying: “This is an edited report to correct an earlier post that placed George Weah in the lead, based on provisional results. Our sincere apologies.”)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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