The CIA Is Fact-Checking 'Black Panther' on Twitter and Folks Are Confused

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Everyone is live-tweeting along with the Oscars, and that includes the CIA. The spy agency got Twitter users hackles up when they started tweeting about vibranium, the fictional metal in Black Panther's Wakanda that helps make the nation the most technologically advanced on Earth.  

The tweets were part of a series they are doing called Reel vs. Real. It's meant to highlight the links between movie magic and the real world. You would think an organization that makes its name on optics and intelligence would know to steer well clear of the blockbuster, given their more than spotty history with black people in the United States and sovereign African nations, but apparently, that wasn't in the dossier. 

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