# Newsmedia giving lunatics' "manifestos" a public platform

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmedia-giving-lunatics-manifestos-a-public-platform/723075>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 21, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmedia-giving-lunatics-manifestos-a-public-platform/723075 "2015-06-21T15:00:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmedia-giving-lunatics-manifestos-a-public-platform/723075/21 "2015-06-23T01:23:49Z")

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I like how the late, great radio commentator Paul Harvey handled these kinds of situations. It would go something like this:

“Today there was a shooting today in a shopping mall. The killer would like us to know his name. In other news…”

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmedia-giving-lunatics-manifestos-a-public-platform/723075/22 "2015-06-23T03:40:14Z")

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> [@JohnGalt](#):
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> I like how the late, great radio commentator Paul Harvey handled these kinds of situations. It would go something like this:
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> “Today there was a shooting today in a shopping mall. The killer would like us to know his name. In other news…”

I would even go along with, “There was a shooting today in a shopping mall. The killer would like us to know his name and that he hates black people. In other news…”

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