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| Quebec mosque attack: Fox News deletes tweet after Canada complains | Quebec mosque attack: Fox News deletes tweet after Canada complains |
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| Fox News has removed a tweet saying a suspect in the Quebec mosque attack was of Moroccan origin, after a request by the Canadian prime minister's office. | |
| Justin Trudeau's communications chief, Kate Purchase, said Fox was "spreading misinformation" with the tweet, which was based on early reports. | Justin Trudeau's communications chief, Kate Purchase, said Fox was "spreading misinformation" with the tweet, which was based on early reports. |
| Six Muslim worshippers were shot dead as they prayed and 19 others wounded. | Six Muslim worshippers were shot dead as they prayed and 19 others wounded. |
| French-Canadian student Alexandre Bissonette was subsequently charged. Fox News has apologised for the tweet. | |
| "FoxNews.com initially corrected the misreported information with a tweet and an update to the story on Monday," managing director Refet Kaplan told the BBC. | |
| "The earlier tweets have now been deleted. We regret the error." | |
| "Suspect in Quebec mosque terror attack was of Moroccan origin, reports show," the offending tweet had said. | "Suspect in Quebec mosque terror attack was of Moroccan origin, reports show," the offending tweet had said. |
| Some early reports had in fact said that one of two men arrested was of Moroccan origin but the man was later deemed to be a witness and released without charge. | Some early reports had in fact said that one of two men arrested was of Moroccan origin but the man was later deemed to be a witness and released without charge. |
| Fox's story was updated to reflect this but the news organisation did not, at first, remove its tweet. The Fox News Twitter account has 13m followers. | Fox's story was updated to reflect this but the news organisation did not, at first, remove its tweet. The Fox News Twitter account has 13m followers. |
| Kate Purchase tweeted Fox asking it to "either retract or update the tweet to reflect the suspect's actual identity". | Kate Purchase tweeted Fox asking it to "either retract or update the tweet to reflect the suspect's actual identity". |
| "We need to remain focused on keeping our communities safe and united instead of trying to build walls and scapegoat communities," she added. | "We need to remain focused on keeping our communities safe and united instead of trying to build walls and scapegoat communities," she added. |
| After the tweet was removed, she responded on Twitter: "Thank you @FoxNews for deleting the tweet. We appreciate it." | After the tweet was removed, she responded on Twitter: "Thank you @FoxNews for deleting the tweet. We appreciate it." |