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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Wow.
No matter how much you hate the fake media, you don’t hate them enough.
The Liberal Media always lies
Always
“ 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.”
Not only was it not accidental on the part of the New York Times, but Fox News doesn’t really believe it was accidental.
I didn’t believe it was accidental. Something is cooking but we will need to wait until his attorney files a motion.
Ludicrous.
50-50 shot. They took it.
So it’s not just obituaries they write in advance of the actual news.
What a surprise, not!
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.
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!
“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.
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.
Making predictions is hard, especially about the future. - Yogi Berra
“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.”
“If you close your eyes and wish with all your might, it will come true”
OK. If they say so.
NYT All the News That's Unfit to Read.
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