Address AA

code/modules/newscaster/datums.dm

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   * * name - The name
   */
 /datum/feed_network/proc/get_channel_by_name(name)
+	RETURN_TYPE(/datum/feed_channel)
 	for(var/fc in channels)
 		var/datum/feed_channel/FC = fc
 		if(FC.channel_name == name)
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
   * * author - The author
   */
 /datum/feed_network/proc/get_channel_by_author(author)
+	RETURN_TYPE(/datum/feed_channel)
 	for(var/fc in channels)
 		var/datum/feed_channel/FC = fc
 		if(FC.author == author)
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@
   * * idx - The index
   */
 /datum/feed_network/proc/get_channel_by_idx(idx)
+	RETURN_TYPE(/datum/feed_channel)
 	if(!ISINDEXSAFE(channels, idx))
 		return
 	return channels[idx]

code/modules/newscaster/obj/newscaster.dm

@@ -513,14 +513,8 @@
 						return
 					// Find the named channel the user is trying to publish a story to
 					var/user_name = get_scanned_user(usr)["name"]
-					var/datum/feed_channel/FC
-					for(var/fc in GLOB.news_network.channels)
-						var/datum/feed_channel/_FC = fc
-						if(_FC.channel_name == channel)
-							if(_FC.can_publish(usr, user_name))
-								FC = _FC
-							break
-					if(!FC)
+					var/datum/feed_channel/FC = GLOB.news_network.get_channel_by_name(channel)
+					if(!FC || !FC.can_publish(usr, user_name))
 						return
 					var/datum/feed_message/FM = new
 					FM.author = usr.can_admin_interact() ? author : scanned_user

code/modules/newscaster/obj/newspaper.dm

@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>The paper is full of unintelligible symbols!</span>")
 
 /obj/item/newspaper/Topic(href, href_list)
-	..()
+	if(..())
+		return
 	var/mob/living/M = usr
 	if(!Adjacent(M))
 		return