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.
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One thing I can assure you, if you watched KEN BURN’s version of the Civil War you wasted your time.
Oh please, do you seriously believe that would start a civil war? There would be a few small riots, LOTS of looting of Payless Shoe Stores, anyplace that sells electronic equipment, liquor stores, then American Idol would air and all would be forgotten and life would go on as is with Biden at the helm.
But for FoxNews, this is a serious manner. Please.
I get most of those and why they would be used but Link182????? and monkey?
Have you not seen in the last couple of weeks a thing called “flash mobs” of youths going wild. Give me a break!
Just to correct you, this coming from a person who had problems with hackers last year, being hacked is no joke.
Sure it was an Obongo supporter, not a doubt in my mind either. It wouldn’t shock me if it was done BY they O team just to monitor and log comments to find what people to put on their sh*t list.
Or that all-time favorite: "password".
Actually, it was Ronaldus Magnus that broke the ‘Zero-Year” curse. Remember...he was elected in 1980. Be danged if John Hinckley didn’t try...but God was with President Reagan. I remember reading somewhere of a group of Christians praying specifically that Reagan be protected from the curse. Looks like he was, eh?
I've watched it several times, and was given DVDs for birthday a couple years ago, which I still watch and enjoy often. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in that period of our nation's history.
Well, add to that billions of dollars which went no one knows where, the BATFE running guns through straw purchasers, the purchase by the Government of 240,000,000 freeze-dried meals, and the picture coming out of the puzzle is that someone is equipping for an army...
Well if you like a BS version from a liberal nut like Burns, whatever floats your boat.
Yes, my thoughts exactly. Afterall it’s not the truth of the allegation that is important. It’s only about the seriousness of the allegation.
Their problem, not mine. Fox was banned from our house months ago. When they get rid of Shep Smith and O’Reilly tops kissing Obongo’s butt and when Hannity grows a set I might reconsider.
I doubt the web jocks have much to do with regular programming.
Anyone having trouble today with Google/and or Google News if home page?
Never loads and I go directly to a favorite tab [FR] as it attempts to load.
Bing is working.
#176
This is the reason I don’t do facebook or twitter or any social networking sites. Not saying they are bad, just not for me.
“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.”
Anybody who doesn’t realize we have already become a fascist country (or a socialist country, or a tyranny or dictatorship, take your pick) is living with wool over the eyes and all over the rest of their body too. We change nothing meaningful by elections anymore, except we make it worse.
If anarchy, civil war or revolution come to America, it won’t be conservatives fighting, and it won’t be conservatives winning. Because conservatives are sheep who tell themselves they are law-abiding and respectable people, instead of...sheep.
LOL
funny, I was thinking about something similar.
It’s “Illuminati” rawcatslyentist
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