Reply #4: no, le post wasn't the first news source. le post is reporting on the first news source,

[Hannah Bell]

which was a twitterer.

then a retweet, then a french blog.

then the ny post.

"le post" is a french outlet.

The Post is a French news website , powered by a writing and information posted by users.

Launched Sept. 9, 2007, it is the product of World Interactive , a joint subsidiary of the company Le Monde and Lagardere Group (minority) that is dedicated to publishing websites <1> , <2> , <3 > .

He was co-founded by Raphael Benedict, formerly in charge of Internet strategy group Dauphiné Libéré <4> He announced, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, he left the editorship of the site on 1.fr Europe <5> . In October 2010, he was replaced by Philippe Mathon, formerly editor of the site Point.fr <6> .

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