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Hacker tweets fake Obama assassination announcement through Fox News' political account From the Associated Press July 4, 2011, 4:13 a.m. Fox News' political Twitter account was hacked according to reports on FoxNews.com. Tweets coming from the @FoxNewsPolitics account early Monday have been reporting the death of President Barack Obama. A series of six tweets say that Obama was assassinated in Iowa and the shooter is unknown. Fox's political Twitter account has more than 34,000 followers. According to FoxNews.com, the hacking is being investigated. The website also posted an apology for "any distress the false tweets may have created." |