Associated Press deletes inaccurate tweets on package sent to the Clintons

The Associated Press deleted two tweets sent Wednesday morning reporting that “an explosive device had been found at Hillary and Bill Clinton’s home,” after the news organization concluded “the information was incorrect” and the device “was intercepted at a nearby facility.”

“We’ve deleted two tweets from earlier today saying that an explosive device had been found at Hillary and Bill Clinton’s home,” the AP tweeted to its more than 13 million followers. “The source who provided the information was incorrect. In fact, the device was intercepted at a nearby facility.”

We’ve deleted two tweets from earlier today saying that an explosive device had been found at Hillary and Bill Clinton’s home. The source who provided the information was incorrect. In fact, the device was intercepted at a nearby facility.

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 24, 2018

CORRECTION: Bomb intercepted at facility near home of Hillary and Bill Clinton in New York City suburb. (Corrects earlier tweet that said the bomb was found at the Clintons’ home.)

— AP Eastern US (@APEastRegion) October 24, 2018

The Secret Service said Wednesday it discovered a potential explosive device in mail sent to the former secretary of State designed to arrive at her home in Chappaqua, N.Y.

{mosads}Multiple others have since been reported, including one suspicious package sent to former President Obama, one to CNN and one meant for former Attorney General Eric Holder, which was sent to the wrong address. 

The deleted tweets come after the AP apologized on Monday for its “poorly chosen” words in a tweet that described a migrant caravan traveling through Mexico toward the U.S. border as being “like a ragtag army of the poor.”  

“We’ve removed an @AP tweet from Oct. 21 that said a migrant caravan in Mexico was ‘like a ragtag army of the poor,’ ” the AP wrote to its more than 13 million followers. “That wording was poorly chosen and has been removed from our coverage of the caravan.”

The Associated Press is a not-for-profit news agency that was founded in 1846.