Ryan Routh, suspected of being a would-be Donald Trump assassin, has a long history of finding his way into the news--including as a "super citizen" honored by police in 1991.
The other thing that I find fascinating is what your reporting tells me about the "big time" legacy news industry. It is now three days after the event and I learned more from you about this nut job's background than anything from the "big guys." Kudos to you. And quite frankly the legacy press's disrespect and cynicism is well earned.
Yeah. It is remarkable. So I wonder how come it seems not to be used by legacy media like the Tribune for instance? And we got to meet up at Georges' ... I owe you lunch.
Indeed....good point. It's a great investment. I had a designer from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution contact me a month ago about sending him a 1976 front page when Jimmy Carter was elected president....from their own paper! I was glad to do it, and I didn't even shame him/them :-) (He'd come across my column early this year on Carter, in which I included one or more clips from way back.) Also, yes---George's for lunch soon!
Bizarre. Maybe legacy print media is so "poor" that a they can't even afford the subscription price. or even search their own archives. Yeah, let me know when you are free for lunch.
Fascinating stuff. I guess his prior super hero persona took to heart the rhetoric that Trump literally is a mortal threat to our Republic and decided to act. Words do have consequences (although I place ALL the blame on Mr. Routh).
Wow. Really interesting article. If I didn't know better, I'd say you were an investigative journalist. And a good one, at that! ;) So, a good question...would Ryan have pulled the trigger or was this a stunt...?
The other thing that I find fascinating is what your reporting tells me about the "big time" legacy news industry. It is now three days after the event and I learned more from you about this nut job's background than anything from the "big guys." Kudos to you. And quite frankly the legacy press's disrespect and cynicism is well earned.
Thanks very much, Bruce. I do love my Newspapers.com subscription---it's a remarkable resource.
Yeah. It is remarkable. So I wonder how come it seems not to be used by legacy media like the Tribune for instance? And we got to meet up at Georges' ... I owe you lunch.
Indeed....good point. It's a great investment. I had a designer from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution contact me a month ago about sending him a 1976 front page when Jimmy Carter was elected president....from their own paper! I was glad to do it, and I didn't even shame him/them :-) (He'd come across my column early this year on Carter, in which I included one or more clips from way back.) Also, yes---George's for lunch soon!
Bizarre. Maybe legacy print media is so "poor" that a they can't even afford the subscription price. or even search their own archives. Yeah, let me know when you are free for lunch.
Fascinating stuff. I guess his prior super hero persona took to heart the rhetoric that Trump literally is a mortal threat to our Republic and decided to act. Words do have consequences (although I place ALL the blame on Mr. Routh).
Wow. Really interesting article. If I didn't know better, I'd say you were an investigative journalist. And a good one, at that! ;) So, a good question...would Ryan have pulled the trigger or was this a stunt...?