Online rant over GM boss's exit

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General Motors (GM) has been subjected to a stinging attack on Facebook by someone claiming to be the daughter of its recently-departed boss.

An expletive-laden message, posted under the name Sarah Henderson, said Fritz Henderson did not resign as chief executive but was "asked to step down".

It goes on to criticise acting boss Ed Whitacre as "selfish", who "cares about himself" and not the company.

The post has since been removed. GM was not immediately available for comment.

On Tuesday, GM announced that Mr Henderson, who was appointed as chief executive by the government in March, had resigned.

GM chairman Ed Whitacre is currently acting as an interim replacement until a permanent one can be found.

The message was posted on GM's page on Facebook within minutes of the announcement.

It was removed by GM, but not before it was picked up by car industry blog Jalopnik.com, which copied the page and reposted it on its own site.