Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Quebec mosque shooting: Fox News removes tweet after Trudeau complaint...

Fox News has taken down a tweet about the Quebec City mosque shooter after a complaint was lodged by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Saying the tweet “dishonoured the memory of the six victims,” Trudeau’s office had asked Fox to retract or update the post, which described the alleged Quebec City mosque shooter as being of Moroccan origin.

In the minutes after the shooting Sunday night, police arrested two men — a Moroccan-born Quebecer and a Quebec-born man. At noon on Monday, police announced the Moroccan-born man was actually a witness. The other man — Alexandre Bissonnette — has been charged with murder and attempted murder.

At 12:31 p.m. on Monday, Fox News tweeted: “Suspect in Quebec mosque terror attack was of Moroccan origin, reports show.”

As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, the tweet had not been removed.

But by 8 p.m., it was no longer on Twitter. Full story...

Read also: Suspect in Quebec Mosque Attack Quickly Depicted as a Moroccan Muslim. He’s a White Nationalist.

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