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<p>After a gunman killed three people in Gilroy, Calif., Mr. Adams
said witnesses could “set your price” on an app he invented. The
cartoonist, no stranger to controversy, had found another.</p>
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<p class="css-exrw3m evys1bk0">Scott Adams, the 62-year-old
creator of the <a class="css-1g7m0tk"
href="https://dilbert.com/search_results?terms=Dilbert"
title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dilbert</a>
comic strip, said he was flipping between CNN and Fox in his <a
class="css-1g7m0tk"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43oV01a6qY8" title=""
rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">home</a> in
Pleasanton, Calif., on Sunday when it hit him: His moment had
come.</p>
<p class="css-exrw3m evys1bk0">In an interview on Tuesday, he
explained that he had been planning to use a big news event to
promote his online expert company, which has been struggling to
find users.</p>
<p class="css-exrw3m evys1bk0">A few hours earlier, a gunman had <a
class="css-1g7m0tk"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/us/gilroy-festival-shooting.html?module=inline"
title="">opened fire</a> at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, 60
miles south of his home. He said he was frustrated by how little
the witnesses interviewed by broadcast journalists seemed to
know. His site could help, he thought.</p>
<p class="css-exrw3m evys1bk0">And so, seated in the comfort of
his home, with its indoor tennis court and three microwave ovens
for <a class="css-1g7m0tk"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-22/how-dilbert-s-scott-adams-got-hypnotized-by-trump"
title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">optimum
popcorn popping</a>, he took action: “I dashed off a tweet and
did not think about it.”</p>
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<p class="css-exrw3m evys1bk0">It did not go over well.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">If you were a witness to the <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GilroyGarlicFestivalshooting?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GilroyGarlicFestivalshooting</a>
please sign on to Interface by WhenHub (free app) and you can
set your price to take calls. Use keyword Gilroy. <a
href="https://t.co/ilASD9kVAt">https://t.co/ilASD9kVAt</a></p>
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) <a
href="https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1155679797223182337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July
29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/business/media/scott-adams-dilbert-gilroy.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/business/media/scott-adams-dilbert-gilroy.html</a></p>
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