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Fox News's hacked Twitter feed declares Obama dead
The Guardian ^ | 7/4/11

Posted on 07/04/2011 2:53:54 AM PDT by markomalley

Rogue 4 July tweets on TV news channel's politics service go viral but Fox News is apparently back in control

Fox News has apparently fallen victim to hacking, with its politics Twitter feed repeatedly announcing President Barack Obama had been shot dead.

@foxnewspolitics began tweeting the information to its 33,000 followers at about 2am local time, with the posts rapidly being shared around the internet.

The rogue tweets appeared to begin after the account sent a message saying Fox had just "regained full access to our Twitter account".

The following tweets all related to the supposed death of Obama, with some posts being very specific about the president's injuries.

"@BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is dead," came the first tweet. The string of messages continued:

"@BarackObama has just passed. Nearly 45 minutes ago, he was shot twice in the lower pelvic area and in the neck; shooter unknown. Bled out", and then: "@BarackObama shot twice at a Ross' restaurant in Iowa while campaigning. RIP Obama, best regards to the Obama family."

Whatever the hoaxer's identity, they do not appear to have been entirely web-savvy. The first three posts revealing the president's death were directed to the @BarackObama Twitter feed, meaning only those following both accounts would have seen the messages.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: cracker; hacker; jackasses; juvenile; obamanotdead; stupid; unnecessary
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I’ve heard rumors of attempts on former Pres. Bush. Rumors were squashed because of the poisonous political climate, and the instability of certain sectors of the voting public, I think.


141 posted on 07/04/2011 7:17:32 AM PDT by yellow rubber ducky (Am I still living in Bizarro world?)
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To: livius

That could very well be. leftists do network.

LLS


142 posted on 07/04/2011 7:17:39 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH"! I choose LIBERTY and PALIN!)
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To: Ann Archy
Well, Fox is FULL of LIBERALS!!!

Apparently not enough yet. Why did they pick Fox? Why not the obvious leftist media, CBS, ABC, MSNBC... Do they not they have Twitter feeds also?

143 posted on 07/04/2011 7:23:15 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.. VOTE out the RATS!)
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To: rlmorel
But you know for a fact (again, as Ann Coulter points out repeatedly in her books) that liberals are slavering for something like this to use against conservatives and tea party members

That's very true. They definitely did this to plant the idea "conservatives are violent and want to kill Bambi." If they can't find any evidence of this or stir up such a sentiment, they still try to plant the idea.

144 posted on 07/04/2011 7:25:36 AM PDT by livius
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To: Biggirl

Are the project’s on fire yet?


145 posted on 07/04/2011 7:29:29 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: markomalley

That is horrible. I mean, Joe Biden as POTUS????? Does he even have the brains to wipe himself?


146 posted on 07/04/2011 7:29:37 AM PDT by Grunthor (Support a POTUS candidate but don't get emotionally invested like a liberal.)
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To: markomalley

Even DailyMail has the story but they turned off the comments. lol


147 posted on 07/04/2011 7:35:57 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.. VOTE out the RATS!)
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To: tlb

Fear not, the Aluminati schemes have been FOILED...ahhahahaha!


148 posted on 07/04/2011 7:36:01 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: markomalley

bump


149 posted on 07/04/2011 7:38:32 AM PDT by lowbridge (Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Nope, pretty quiet today!


150 posted on 07/04/2011 7:42:28 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; Le Chien Rouge; markomalley
American in Tokyo and Le Chien Rouge are right.

We live in a republic, and we are conservatives, not anarchists or revolutionaries. We change our officials by elections, not assassinations. We need to focus on removing President Obama — and yes, he **IS** the president and deserves the respect of the office — by legitimate electoral means.

To even suggest some other means of removing President Obama is to violate our own core principles.

151 posted on 07/04/2011 7:46:13 AM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: AmericanInTokyo
And just to think, regarding this kinda' thing, a WHOLE MOVIE was made on the topic pertaining to the previous (actual) US President, to the applause of the intelligentsia, the red carpet elite and the worldwide marxists/anarachists EVERYWHERE with nary a peep of dissent from our friends "the US MSM".

GREAT POINT. Proving once again that with the left, outrage is wholly selective.
152 posted on 07/04/2011 7:46:30 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: markomalley

In before Fred Savage’s twin, Rachel Maddow, says “Well we all know Fox wishes it would’ve been true....” And all 19 of MSNBC’s viewers will nod their pedophile heads in agreement.


153 posted on 07/04/2011 7:48:33 AM PDT by JoshuaLawrenceChamberlain
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To: DarthVader

PINGULA


154 posted on 07/04/2011 7:54:29 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: markomalley

We currently enjoy redundancy on the Internet. There are many sources and channels, so factual information can eventually be found and disseminated.

Unfortunately, publicity stunts tend to get “stuck” in the mind (cognitive dissonance), and thus lies tend to linger.

What scares me is what happens when the plethora of feeds gets censored or get overwhelmed by the attention-seekers.

Thank God for FR, so we can still have access to level-headed analysis and truth-seeking.


155 posted on 07/04/2011 8:11:11 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Smokin' Joe
Maybe. Something like that could cause a full-blown war in the US, riots at a minimum.

These two stories three years apart, while not linked to the scripkiddies, should put a fear in everyone of us.

New post to help military respond to U.S. disasters

Obama calls for civilian paramilitary force

Can anyone say Posse Comitatus Act?
156 posted on 07/04/2011 8:22:10 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: markomalley; All

Want to bet Media Matters is behind it?


157 posted on 07/04/2011 8:25:07 AM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: markomalley

After I stopped laughing, I read your KEEP IT CLASSY FOLKS and decided to just end my comments here.


158 posted on 07/04/2011 8:25:07 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: markomalley

Very odd they are still up there.


159 posted on 07/04/2011 8:27:13 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: tet68

Oh give me a break. Tell me what part of sentence in that entire thing could be considered a threat. It’s a freaking joke. Probably a kid just wanting to see what reaction it would get. Much ado about nothing. I thinks it’s funny how some have their panties in a bunch over a prank on Fox.


160 posted on 07/04/2011 8:29:53 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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