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'''Messenger''' Err... Lord Wessex is not dead?
'''King''' Aha! This news I like better!! }}
* Radar, in the ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'' episode "Abyssinia, Henry".
{{quote|"I have a message...Lieutenant Colonel...Henry Blake's plane...was shot down...over the Sea of Japan...it spun in...there were no survivors."}}
* This is actually part of JJ's ''job description'' in ''[[Criminal Minds]]''.
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== [[Theater]] ==
* [[Rowan Atkinson]] in ''Pink Tights and Plenty of Props'', had the Bearer of Bad News, followed by the Bearer of Indifferent News, and then the Bearer of Bad News Who Thinks It's Good News.
* In [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Macbeth]]'', Ross must bring MacDuff the news that his wife and children were all killed. And Seyton brings Macbeth the news that his wife has killed herself.
* In [[Antony and Cleopatra]], a messenger has to tell Cleopatra that Antony has remarried. [[Shoot the Messenger|She is not happy]].
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