# White house fence jumper : what was supposed to happen?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-fence-jumper-what-was-supposed-to-happen/700036>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 30, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-fence-jumper-what-was-supposed-to-happen/700036 "2014-09-30T23:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-fence-jumper-what-was-supposed-to-happen/700036/61 "2023-05-24T00:49:08Z")

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I see showing the suspect’s photo for viewership, ratings, eyeballs on the story tho I find it disgusting. I would’ve read the story without any visuals just out of a citizen’s interest.

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**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-fence-jumper-what-was-supposed-to-happen/700036/62 "2023-05-24T01:33:33Z")

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Ah you spoke of Paul Harvey. He could be smooth like that as are contributors on this site. I look up to them as well as the ones who make the news. But my favorite part is kindness on our site being given to strangers. When posters express empathy here, it inspires me to take a risk of reaching out in real life.

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