• Ackley
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      • Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this foru 8/9/2019 9:16AM
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      • I read the original post from TakeTheT on Monday when it was only a couple posts long. Rojo saw it later that day and posted an article.

        Now it is international news.

        The New York Times gives credit to the message board poster for finding the obituary.
    • Doubt it
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 9:18AM - in reply to Ackley
      • Doubt it
      • Just saying...
    • close but no cigar
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 9:40AM - in reply to Ackley
      • close but no cigar
      • No, the guy who tried to hook up with the guy running across America was the biggest. Took it upon himself to give the guy some company as he ran through his town in the middle of the night and discovered he was faking the run. Even took video and photos and posted them here. Blew the case wide open and caused the guy to abandon the attempt.
    • Hounddogharrier
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      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 9:45AM - in reply to close but no cigar
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      • It has to be top 3 all time !
    • lrc historian
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 9:47AM - in reply to Ackley
      • lrc historian
      • There have been much bigger stories of doping busts or someone changing teams/coach's than some piece on a nobody dying of old age.
    • Blah, blah, blah
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 9:59AM - in reply to close but no cigar
      • Blah, blah, blah
      • close but no cigar wrote:

        No, the guy who tried to hook up with the guy running across America was the biggest. Took it upon himself to give the guy some company as he ran through his town in the middle of the night and discovered he was faking the run. Even took video and photos and posted them here. Blew the case wide open and caused the guy to abandon the attempt.

        Agreed. That poster had the biggest scoop ever on Letsrun. I forget his name.
    • Ackley
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      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 5:53PM - in reply to Blah, blah, blah
      • Ackley
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      • Blah, blah, blah wrote:

        close but no cigar wrote:

        No, the guy who tried to hook up with the guy running across America was the biggest. Took it upon himself to give the guy some company as he ran through his town in the middle of the night and discovered he was faking the run. Even took video and photos and posted them here. Blew the case wide open and caused the guy to abandon the attempt.

        Agreed. That poster had the biggest scoop ever on Letsrun. I forget his name.

        I don’t recall that story being picked up by most major news outlets.
    • maybe the russians did it somehow
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 6:00PM - in reply to Doubt it
      • maybe the russians did it somehow
      • When the cheaters get more press than the true champions, you can see why the incentives work the way they do?
    • Elvin
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      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 6:04PM - in reply to Ackley
      • Elvin
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      • Didn't LR posters correctly pick out one of the the Boston Marathon bombers from race pictures before photos of the suspect were publicly released by law enforcement or the media?
    • Not the NY Post
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 6:28PM - in reply to Ackley
      • Not the NY Post
      • NYT is only 483000 daily readers, while WSJ is over a million.

        Why did LRC chose the #2 NYC paper by a factor of 2x?
    • Only to LRCers
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 6:39PM - in reply to Legendaree
      • Only to LRCers
      • Legendaree wrote:

        Asher Delmott. Legend.

        Only to LetsRunners.
    • Identified
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/9/2019 8:12PM - in reply to Elvin
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      • Elvin wrote:

        Didn't LR posters correctly pick out one of the the Boston Marathon bombers from race pictures before photos of the suspect were publicly released by law enforcement or the media?

        That's what I was thinking. I remember someone posted a pic of the suspect way before it went mainstream.
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      • What about the olympic silver 2016 marathon dude making his political protest than Gault picked up?
    • jesseriley
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      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/10/2019 4:55AM - in reply to ./..././.;../././.
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      • I vote Yes. Worldwide coverage continues for Rosie Ruiz. She’s a household name for people who literally couldn’t name a single legitimate winner of Boston. It’s unreal to runners, but it’s true.
    • famous no body
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/10/2019 5:05AM - in reply to maybe the russians did it somehow
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      • maybe the russians did it somehow wrote:

        When the cheaters get more press than the true champions, you can see why the incentives work the way they do?

        It's the values of the world touday.
    • Cheech
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/10/2019 6:29AM - in reply to Not the NY Post
      • Cheech
      • Fake News: The Miami Herald had it 1st, but the mods claimed it from the original poster who saw it.
    • Hardloper
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      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/10/2019 5:08PM - in reply to Ackley
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      • The Paul Ryan marathon thing was the biggest
    • Not so much LRC
      • RE: Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this 8/10/2019 6:04PM - in reply to Cheech
      • Not so much LRC
      • Cheech wrote:

        Fake News: The Miami Herald had it 1st, but the mods claimed it from the original poster who saw it.

        Miami Herald was also instrumental in unsealing Epstein, investigating Kraft, etc.