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  • 2017-09-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Weather Reporter Hit by a Stop Sign During Storm? (en)
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  • An old animated GIF purportedly showing weather reporter Holly Ellenbogen getting hit by a stop sign while covering a hurricane was recirculated on social media in September 2017 amidst a series of articles highlighting the lengths that journalist go to in order to cover major storms: Although this GIF is often shared in jest during major storms and hurricanes, it is frequently posted alongside genuine clips of reporters braving the dangerous weather, leading some to falsely believe that this is a genuine clip of a weather reporter getting hit by a stop sign. The footage, however, comes from a 2006 episode of the television show The Class entitled The Class Learns About Hurricanes in which reporter Holly Ellenbogen, played by actress Lucy Punch, reports from the eye of a hurricane: Mannion's original report was broadcast on RTÉ News: Nine o'Clock during Storm Desmond in December 2015. Her emotionally charged reporting, coupled with some very obvious, yet necessary, pieces of advice (don't swim in the sea), made Mannion an overnight viral sensation: Although Mannion has repeatedly confirmed that the video is fake, this video continues to circulate during major storms. It took another lap around the Internet in September 2017 amidst a series of massive tropical storms and hurricanes: (en)
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