{"id":492996,"date":"2013-04-01T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=19770"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:08:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:08:34","slug":"getting-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/getting-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting it Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-521829 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>THIS IS OLD news to you, but as I write, we mountain folk are still buzzing about February\u2019s Great Manhunt and Shootout.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That burning cabin you saw on TV was about half an hour by road from us in Big Bear\u2014fewer than six miles in a direct line over the ridge where the ski slopes are. The nut-job former cop who murdered four people (to clear his name of telling lies, he said) spent days in hiding precisely 4.7 driving miles from our home. Almost daily we take routes he had to have followed on his way out of town to his fate (and that of his final victim).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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The nut-job former cop who murdered four people (to clear his name of telling lies, he said) spent days in hiding precisely 4.7 driving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":521826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[17152,9906,374,1063,432,15234,11657,17140,548,11572,11346,12302,9882,17143,17204],"class_list":["post-492996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-canada","tag-england","tag-united-kingdom","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-grand-prix","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-denis-hulme","tag-driver-profiles","tag-oulton-park","tag-shadow","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-fast-lines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Getting it Right<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Getting it Right, Pete Lyons ponders the realities of modern-day \u201cjournalism\u201d compared to how he learned his craft.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/getting-it-right\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting it Right\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getting it Right, Pete Lyons ponders the realities of modern-day \u201cjournalism\u201d compared to how he learned his craft.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/getting-it-right\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-01T09:00:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:08:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/FL201304-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pete Lyons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pete Lyons\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/getting-it-right\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/getting-it-right\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pete Lyons\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dee0dc3e0ea3204e52a659a117d5f67f\"},\"headline\":\"Getting it Right\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-01T09:00:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:08:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/getting-it-right\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1451,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/getting-it-right\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/FL201304-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Country (Canada)\",\"Country (England)\",\"Country (United Kingdom)\",\"Event (Car Events &amp; 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