TO SOME EXTENT, AND THIS MAY BE THE IRRATIONALLY OPTIMISTIC SIDE OF ME SPEAKING, JOURNALISTS HAVE FORGOTTEN THE IMPERITIVENESS OF NEWS.  THIS PHOTO OF RUTH SNYDER MID-EXECUTION EASILY ENABLED THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS TO UNLOAD AN EXTRA 250,000 COPIES IN 1928. … MY SKEPTICAL SIDE SENSES MOST STORY IMPERATIVES, WHEN THEY DO NOT FLOAT ON AN ISSUE’S SURFACE LIKE THIS, DUCK TO ITS BOTTOM.