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United StatesA New York Post employee issues appeals to kill several politicians
On Thursday, the newspaper fired one of its employees who had posted tweets and articles calling for the killing of several politicians, including the president of the United States.
He is an employee who wrote articles and tweets demanding murder.
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The The “New York Post” claimed Thursday that he was “hacked” by one of his employees after publishing articles and tweets calling for the assassination of political figures, including US President Joe Biden, in particular. “The New York Post was hacked,” the tabloid tweeted after visibly regaining control of his Twitter account.
“The New York Post investigation indicates that the unauthorized actions were committed by an employee and we are taking appropriate action,” the conservative-minded newspaper said in a statement sent to the AFP.
Sacked employee
Tweets calling for the assassination of Joe Biden or New York Democrat-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were posted in the morning, adopting the usual format of tweets from this subsidiary of News Corp, the media empire of Australian billionaire Rupert Murdoch. .
A tweet using racist slurs against African-American New York City Mayor Eric Adams included a link to an article on the site of the same title as the tweet, BuzzfeedNews reporter David Mack said. “The employee was fired,” said the “Post” in its statement, adding that “he immediately removed the despicable and objectionable content from our website and social media accounts this morning.”
(AFP)
