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Well ... Technically... Fox News' Twitter feed says Obama is dead in apparent hack July 04, 2011|By Richard Allen Greene, CNN FoxNews.com alerted the Secret Service on Monday about the apparent hacking of its Twitter feed for political news, after the feed was used to falsely report that President Obama was killed.Jeff Misenti, Fox News Digital's vice president and general manager, said in a statement that the website has also requested "a detailed investigation from Twitter about how this occurred, and measures to prevent future unauthorized access into FoxNews.com accounts." Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie said Monday that his agency "will be investigating the matter and will conduct the appropriate follow up." Hacking on Fox News Twitter reports Obama's death updated 7/4/2011 9:11:44 AM ET NEW YORK — Hackers broke into Fox's political Twitter account early Monday, posting updates saying President Barack Obama had been assassinated. A series of six tweets coming from the FoxNewsPolitics account reported that Obama had been shot to death in Iowa and the shooter was unknown. In a statement posted on its website later Monday morning, Fox News called the tweets "malicious" and "false." It said the hacking is being investigated. Obama plans to spend the July Fourth holiday at a barbecue at the White House with military families and administration staffers. Secret Service spokesman George Olgilvie says the agency wouldn't comment on the tweets. Fox's political Twitter account has more than 34,000 followers. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. I will say up front that since fox is FAIR AND BALANCED, that I am sure they are the innocent victims and maybe not of one of their dumb as a post fans getting cute. And most of all, I hope this fine news agency comes out of this with their sterling reputation intact.
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