He seemed like such a nice lad

Editor and Publisher explains a media story that really requires no context:

The grisly incident last week where a man attacked a fellow bus passenger and then apparently started eating him provoked all sorts of slightly off-kilter headlines but the current one up at the Associated Press’ Google site takes high honors.

It reads: SUSPECT IN BUS BEHEADING DESCRIBED AS HARD WORKING.

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