A man was arrested on the way to murder a Supreme Court justice, accord- ing to authorities. And it was a footnote the next day in a major national newspaper. Was it because it was Brett Kavanaugh, which that particular paper isn’t happy is on the Court? That same paper had above the fold “Inside an Attack on Democracy,” referring to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearings in Congress. But what about this more recent assassination attempt on a Supreme Court justice? Reporting it alongside the Jan. 6 story would highlight the widespread nature of our violence problem in America today.
