STEVE GUEST 02/25/2016 http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/25/ny-times-columnist-apologizes-for-trump-assassination-attempt-joke/
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat apologized for joking about Donald Trump's presidential campaign ending in an assassination attempt.
Wednesday, Douthat tweeted, "Good news guys I've figured out how the Trump campaign ends." Then he linked a clip from the 1983 movie "The Dead Zone," starring Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen. In the film, there is an assassination attempt on a politician. He has since deleted the tweet.
"A lot readers were offended by my Trump/"Dead Zone" joke from yesterday," Douthat wrote Thursday. "I can see why, and I've deleted the tweet. Apologies."