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Jay Carney debunks AP Twitter hack: ‘The president is fine’

By Charlie Spiering
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Jay Carney debunks AP Twitter hack: ‘The president is fine’

White House press secretary Jay Carney began Tuesday’s press briefing with a swift dismissal of the false Associated Press report sent out on Twitter.

“Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured,” read an alert sent on the Associated Press Twitter account shortly before Carney began the press briefing.

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