I don't know. I do not think Seattlebruce is Chris. Here is the
google search of Seattlebruce. His posts have been kind of goofy here but the links indicate he is not a liberal troll. He may even be a journalist interested in a story. Just my two cents.
Could be ~ there is this business of "style" taught in journalism courses. That includes ways of asking questions for the purpose of building evidence, and so on.
Guy could be a journalist. If so, he's in the wrong crowd here!