The Day Fox News Went Off Message

Maybe it was a foul-mouthed socialist who hates our freedoms and wants government “death panels.” Maybe it was Ted Kennedy’s practical joke from beyond the grave. Or Maybe Bill O’Reilly lost a bet.

We may never know the identity of the person who created an impostor Fox News account on Twitter Monday and began firing off a round of decidedly “off-message” tweets. The fun lasted for less than two hours before the Twitter gods suspended the fake account at the request of Fox News Channel.

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