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The New York Post said a series of vulgar and racist tweets and headlines published Thursday morning were the result of a rogue employee.
“The New York Post’s investigation indicates that the unauthorized conduct was committed by an employee and the employee has been terminated,” the Post said in a statement provided to CNN.
“This morning, we immediately removed the vile and reprehensible content from our website and social media accounts,” the tabloid added.
The published content included a racist headline attacking New York City Mayor Eric Adams and another calling for the assassination of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The incident comes just weeks after another publication, Fast Company, was hacked. In that incident, which resulted in its website being disabled for days, Apple News users received racist messages.
