{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_gje6g3rixrx5i5jji56q","title":"Political hate speech can have real-word fallout. After the alleged attack on Helen Haines, our leaders must act | Paul Daley","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/political-hate-speech-can-have-real-word-fallout-after-the-alleged-gje6g3rixr","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_gje6g3rixrx5i5jji56q","seq":2388959,"kind":"article","title":"Political hate speech can have real-word fallout. After the alleged attack on Helen Haines, our leaders must act | Paul Daley","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/20/helen-haines-political-hate-speech-ntwnfb","summary":"Social media amplify the worst excesses of what passes for public discourse, while some media outlets foment polarisation If the increasingly vituperative tenor of our public discourse, online and verbal, has fully trailed America’s into the murky dungeon of political violence with the appalling alleged attack on Helen Haines, Australia’s political class has only itself to blame. Amid outpourings of concern from across the political spectrum (including from people who have…","published":"2026-10-20T01:18:28Z","seen":"2026-10-20T01:42:03Z","lang":"en","country":"AU","source":{"id":"kite-theguardian-com-db93b3","name":"theguardian.com","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q11148","name":"The Guardian","type":"newspaper","country":"GB","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-theguardian-com-db93b3","topics":["australian politics","helen haines","australia news","social media","australian media"],"authors":["Paul Daley"],"entities":[{"id":"Q41662205","name":"Helen Haines","type":"person"},{"id":"Q2064316","name":"Paul Daley","type":"person"}],"image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6d496c04c8b9b2c3a30b4ca0b3996e22de203a48/534_140_3303_2643/master/3303.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&quality=85&s=47069883ded8c38396fb046fde64df7d&width=140","mentions":3,"story":"st_gje6g3rixrx5i5jji56q","category":"politics","category_p":0.6000000238418579,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7799999713897705,"political":0.8299999833106995}]}