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Hijacked Fox News Twitter Account Falsely Claims Obama Shot Dead

Frankie70 writes with word of a Twitter-account hijacking that's raised eyebrows today, supplying a link to the account in question. From the Telegraph's account: "'The Twitter account of the American Fox News Politics team was compromised and used to falsely announce the death of the U.S. president. Hackers, who identified themselves as 'The Script Kiddies' and said they shared the spirit of prominent hacking group Anonymous, used the account to write: 'BREAKING NEWS: President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It's a sad 4th for #america. #obamadead RIP.'"

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  1. Re:Not even trying, are we? by couchslug · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Bah, so shoddily written and obviously fake that's it's not even funny"

    That makes it a good fit with the rest of Fox pseudo-news. Yes, really.
    Der Sturmer probably had better editors.

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  2. Re:ironically it's not far from the truth... by shadowfaxcrx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So since the terrorists identified themselves as Muslim, that means we should kill all the Muslims. Gotcha.

    Well, OK, but since Dahmer was a member of the Church of Christ, I assume you're OK with us killing all the Christians too?

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  3. Re:ironically it's not far from the truth... by shadowfaxcrx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Guilty of nothing other than being a mouthbreathing redneck jackass. . .

    Your post reads just like the asshole rants we heard in the 30's. "Well that darkie who cleans my house is OK but the rest of them blacks oughta be strung up."

    Your bigoted idiot rants, as well as your sigline, show you for what you are - nothing more than a small-minded KKK aspirant.

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