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Fake news fake-out: ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Colbert Report’ Twitter accounts get hacked

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Here’s something to add to the threatdown: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report’s Twitter accounts were hacked Sunday night.

So who was behind it—maybe unhappy Bill O’Reilly fans or, gulp, bears? No, neither…

Apparently, the action came via some sympathizers of Anonymous, the international group of “hacktivists” who have been active in recent SOPA and PIPA protests

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