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Terrorism At The Speed Of Twitter: It Took Just 90 Seconds For The Fake White House Attack Tweet To Crash Stock Market
Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:41
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Hackers took control of the A.P.’s Twitter account Tuesday afternoon, sending out a phony tweet that claimed the White House was under attack.
To anyone paying attention, the tweet was obviously fake. However, we shouldn’t dismiss the serious questions this raises about security at the nation’s largest media outlets. Take a look at the tweet captured bygizmodo.com.
Signs the Tweet was Fake
To experienced journalists, there were a lot of red flags.
- No news outlet would report that the President was injured in the moments following an explosion. Even if they were right there, the Secret Service would have the President completely surrounded and lock down all communication.
- The A.P. never calls the President “Barack Obama” in a tweet. It’s always the President, or President Obama.
- The A.P. would never only report this type of breaking news through a single tweet. The organization has electronic wire service to every media outlet in the country. It would have sent out a series of messages alerting the media prior to sending out a tweet.
- This came out in the middle of the day, at the same time the White House was holding a normally scheduled press briefing. Every other media outlet in the building would have sent out a notice. MOREHERE
all sorts of media manipulators are leading US around by it’s collectively ignorant nose