"If I Were the Devil" by Paul Harvey-Truth!

“If I Were The Devil” by Paul Harvey-Truth!

Summary of eRumor:
A piece of prose about the state of man, the world, and the United States said to have been written by Paul Harvey.

The Truth:

According to WorldNetDaily(WND), this was written by Paul Harvey and copyrighted by WorldNetDaily in 1999.   An updated article was posted on WND on September 3, 2012. There are several versions of this commentary, according to the article.
We found a recording of Harvey’s commentary in a  March 23, 2012 Fox Nation article, which contained a link to the popular media sharing site, YouTube.  The Fox article said that it aired on the ABC radio network on April 3, 1965.

updated 9/24/12