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I have an observation regarding reporters. I was working with a professional archaeologist for the Queens Historical Association, in the Moore-Jackson Cemetery, where we examined the curious headstones, and found whether they were placed there during the Great Depression by the WPA. As we were testing a number of NYC reporters showed up, and some local public school classes came out to help too. However, as far as I know, the reporters didn't get back, the cemetery, somewhere contains the remains of the people who owned the house, from its crossroads, the British Army had beat General George Washington in the first American Revolution battle, "The Battle of Long Island" (and the "Night Before Christmas" relation Moore, which the NY Times reported might have been copied from a ditty imploring newspaper subscribers to tip the deliverers at holiday time). I suppose what I am saying is the reporters needed more time more info to make a better story. In "Paerdegat Woods" another part of this battle, Donald Trump's father built many houses, hired an historian, gave everyone a copy when they moved in, and the "Brooklyn Eagle" newspaper (where author Walt Whitman was once editor) called the elder "Blitzkrieg Trump" around the time of WWII. They thought a better survey could have been made in case combatants had fallen there, and today we could have better reports from the troops in Iraq from "Blitzkrieg Bush".