When I heard about a UPI report that the US Carrier George Washington has been attacked by a Chinese war ship, and was damaged, it smelled fishy so I started poking around the interwebs.

USA Today:

New York Post, UPI Twitter accounts hacked

UPI Responds

UPI website, Twitter account hacked

Press International’s website and Twitter account were hacked Friday afternoon, with someone attempting to publish false stories.

It started on Twitter, where six fake headlines were posted in about 10 minutes, starting about 1:20 p.m. Some of them were about the Federal Reserve; others contained a false report that the USS George Washington had been attacked.

Engaget

Pope declares WWWIII?
Twitter accounts for NY Post, UPI hacked to push fake WWIII alerts

NAVY Times

I was actually alerted to this by the NAVY Times post that the carrier was not attacked and actually safely in port!

Navy: China has not attacked U.S. aircraft carrier

The aircraft carrier George Washington has not been attacked, and World War III has not begun, despite what tweets from United Press International say, the Navy has confirmed.

The carrier is in port, not in the South China Sea, the Navy told Military Times on Friday.