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NYT accidentally pre-published wrong verdict for trial of would-be Trump assassin
Fox News ^ | September 23, 2025 9:30pm EDT | Alexander Hall

Posted on 09/24/2025 1:18:33 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh was declared guilty on Tuesday on all charges, but The New York Times accidentally published the wrong article.

In journalism, outlets often pre-write obituaries, election outcomes and potential court verdicts of major cases before they occur, using the basic facts of the story and adding whatever key details are essential on the day of.

However, a screenshot indicated that the New York Times accidentally published a headline, “Man Found Not Guilty of Trying to Assassinate Trump in Florida.” The lede of the now-scrubbed article added, “In a surprise verdict, a federal jury acquitted Ryan Routh of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate last year. The screenshot also indicated that the article would be published in the print edition on September 24, 2025. …

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KEYWORDS: alexanderhall; bias; media; mediabias; msm; newspaperofwretched; newyork; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nyfelchingtimes; nyt; oops; routh; ryanrouth; tds; trump; yeahright
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1 posted on 09/24/2025 1:18:33 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Wow.

No matter how much you hate the fake media, you don’t hate them enough.


2 posted on 09/24/2025 1:23:25 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Olog-hai

The Liberal Media always lies

Always


3 posted on 09/24/2025 1:30:10 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Olog-hai

“ a major presidential candidate”

It’s funny. They wrote it under the belief Trump would lose.

That’s how they were hoping Trump would be remember, as only a former “major presidential candidate.”


4 posted on 09/24/2025 1:53:37 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Olog-hai
There was no “accident” about it.
Clear case of NYT trying hard to influence the jury so a would be assassin could get away with it.
5 posted on 09/24/2025 2:00:57 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Olog-hai

Not only was it not accidental on the part of the New York Times, but Fox News doesn’t really believe it was accidental.


6 posted on 09/24/2025 2:08:48 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

I didn’t believe it was accidental. Something is cooking but we will need to wait until his attorney files a motion.


7 posted on 09/24/2025 2:11:33 AM PDT by healy61
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To: Olog-hai
"NYT accidentally pre-published wrong verdict for trial of would-be Trump assassin"


8 posted on 09/24/2025 2:33:29 AM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Olog-hai

Ludicrous.


9 posted on 09/24/2025 2:36:39 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Olog-hai

50-50 shot. They took it.


10 posted on 09/24/2025 2:37:07 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Olog-hai

So it’s not just obituaries they write in advance of the actual news.


11 posted on 09/24/2025 2:48:04 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Olog-hai

What a surprise, not!


12 posted on 09/24/2025 3:02:44 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: SmokingJoe

Uh, Joe?

If I understand correctly, this came after his conviction. I don’t think stories published after the verdict influence them very much.

That is not to say there aren’t any warped weasels (aka Jimmy Kimmels) at the Times who would publish this just for spite.


13 posted on 09/24/2025 3:06:25 AM PDT by 70times7 (Serving Free Republic's warped and obscure humor needs since 1999)
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To: FreedomPoster

Right!

And if this trial were held in New York, the perp would’ve been found not guilty on all counts, and Trump would’ve had to pay him millions in “damages” for life!


14 posted on 09/24/2025 3:07:05 AM PDT by Joann37 (This )
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To: Joann37

“if this trial were held in New York, the perp would’ve been found not guilty on all counts”

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Without a doubt......fortunately that lunatic picked THE worst state to try and pull this off.


15 posted on 09/24/2025 3:14:39 AM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: FreedomPoster

Liberal/communist wishful thinking. A big problem with them is magical thinking divorced from reality. Global warming is a good example. Palestine is another example along with large scale solar power and windmills.


16 posted on 09/24/2025 3:24:38 AM PDT by Paperpusher (Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.)
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To: Olog-hai

Making predictions is hard, especially about the future. - Yogi Berra


17 posted on 09/24/2025 3:26:17 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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To: 70times7
From article:

“In journalism, outlets often pre-write obituaries, election outcomes and potential court verdicts of major cases before they occur, using the basic facts of the story and adding whatever key details are essential on the day of.”

18 posted on 09/24/2025 3:31:06 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Olog-hai

“If you close your eyes and wish with all your might, it will come true”


19 posted on 09/24/2025 3:38:31 AM PDT by 230FMJ (From my cold, dead hands.)
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To: FreedomPoster
accidentally

OK. If they say so.

NYT All the News That's Unfit to Read.

20 posted on 09/24/2025 3:41:58 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for Nuclear Power for over 20 years.)
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