Fictional characters in the news This was totally bizarre, even more so than 9-11. The 9-11 attacks were, to me, clearly news, although I know some people said, ‘It felt like a movie.’ Seeing ‘Batman’, a fictional character, on a newsstand poster, was stranger today: at first glance this seemed like an attempt by one of Batman’s foes to brand him public enemy number one, or that someone had killed Batman, before reality hit and you realized this was about the Aurora, Colorado shooting.
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Fictional characters in the news This was totally bizarre, even more so than 9-11. The 9-11 attacks were, to me, clearly news, although I know some people said, ‘It felt like a movie.’ Seeing ‘Batman’, a fictional character, on a newsstand poster, was stranger today: at first glance this seemed like an attempt by one of Batman’s foes to brand him public enemy number one, or that someone had killed Batman, before reality hit and you realized this was about the Aurora, Colorado shooting.