AP deletes controversial tweet on George H.W. Bush’s death

By Daniel Chaitin

Published December 2, 2018 9:33pm ET

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AP deletes controversial tweet on George H.W. Bush’s death — Flowers are placed at the foot of a statue of George H.W. Bush outside the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in College Station. Bush has died at age 94. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush died shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. | (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

The Associated Press has deleted a tweet about the death of former President George H.W. Bush that generated a wave of backlash for perceived bias.

In a tweet Sunday, the news outlet said the accompanying story had also been revised.

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