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Sometimes the media does it, which is a good thing for people with different middle names. Here are a few examples I thought of. Not good: https://en.wikipedia
by PhantomGremlin 5y ago
Sometimes the media does it, which is a good thing for people with different middle names. Here are a few examples I thought of. Not good:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy
- WalterBright 5y agoLHO just seemed to call himself Lee Oswald, indeed the 3 names seem to be a media creation.
- 0xBDB 5y agoI was always under the impression that this is general practice with infamous people, to avoid mix-ups which might get the media outlet sued, however frivolously. But this may not be the case, including with Oswald, who apparently used his middle name sometimes. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/01/jared-lee-loughner-gabrielle-giffords-suspected-shooter-has-three-names-so-do-lots-of-famous-assassins-what-gives.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/01/jared-lee-loughn...