Our favorite muckraking moron may have given potential child abusers a head start to escape a police encounter. Seriously.
I honestly wish I could make this horrible example of irresponsible “reporting” up, but it’s Leonard Harville. Sigh.
Let’s take a look at what one of our SouthsideCentral friends just sent us…
The news business is competitive. We all know that being first on a story builds our reputation. Real people in the real news business also know that there are times when it’s ethically mandated that you delay a report to protect the well-being of the public.
As you can see here, Leonard Harville has no ethics. If the suspected child abusers just happen to be “friends” of his on Facebook, they’ve just been tipped off that the cops are on the way to have a nice little discussion about what the medical professionals have found.
Let me make this very clear. Suspected child abuse isn’t “news”. If it leads to criminal charges and convictions, that’s when it becomes news. Real reporters don’t sit by the scanner and smear out potential child abuse police calls for service, and they sure as hell don’t publish that information so that potential child abusers can be made aware that the police are closing in on them.
I encourage any Leonard Harville supporter to challenge this severe condemnation of Harville’s so called reporting here. The comment section is open for you to try to justify this behavior.
Leonard Harville, you’re a jerk for publishing this information before the police even arrive at the scene. This is a new low… and for you, that’s a real strong statement.
Leonard Harville is a douche bag. Self serving, slow witted, living with mama dumbass creep.
Wow. Just when you think he couldn’t get any worse. I couldn’t agree with you more, Bruce. What a bottom feeder he is.
Sad. Just. Sad.
Wonder how he got this tidbit? it is very doubtful that the police scanner broadcast all the details in this matter.
Is Harville’s “news” outlet just his few FB accounts?
Does he have a website that is known as an authentic news outlet?
I have only seen comments and screen captures from FB pages where people are usually expressing disgust for his comments and “reports”.
I have received a number of requests from him to accept his pages as a “friend” but I am certainly NOT interested.
Does he have a wide audience?
I know that a number of my friends make comments about him and his pages.
That his “reports” are of interest to anyone puzzles me.
He seems to have caused much hurt for families and I often see posts that suggest he has no interest in integrity or concern for authenticity for reporting responsibly.
I just don’t get the appeal.
Surely Mr. Harville must like to go to the Mayflower for delicious oysters and fish.
Does he go out and about in the city?
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Wow, this guy is a sleeze. Isn’t this criminal? You can’t intentionally undermine a police investigation.