A Fox News story about a George Washington University student’s suicide -- and its “tragic coincidence of timing” with President Barack Obama’s speech on Wednesday -- has been removed from the website by request of the university.



“We were contacted by the university and decided it would be best to take down the story, although nothing was factually inaccurate,” said a Fox spokesperson in a statement to POLITICO.



A GWU spokeswoman confirmed the university reached out to Fox News to "express our concern that the story drew conclusions that were not accurate,” Candace Smith told POLITICO. She added that the decision to remove the story “was a wise one.”



A male student was reported dead at the university at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.



“GWU officials tell Fox that police were notified about the incident around 2pm, which happens to be at the same time that President Obama was speaking,” reads the story, which though unavailable on Fox News’s website, has been reproduced in a GW Hatchet report about the story and a Huffington Post item.



A Facebook group with almost 1,300 members and the name “HOLD CHERNENKOFF AND FOX NEWS ACCOUNTABLE” appeared shortly after the Fox News item ran, encouraging members to call the network and voice their displeasure with what the group called a “RIDICULOUS article.”



Just before 4 p.m., according to the Hatchet report, the story was removed. The Facebook group is now requesting an apology from the network. Smith said the Facebook group had no affiliation with the university and was entirely organized by students.

A Fox news employee, who was also a GW alum, told the GW Hatchet that “several GW alums here who felt that it was the wise decision to remove it.”

This post has been updated. Keach Hagey contributed to this report.