Editing Ruby Ridge standoff (section)

== In popular culture ==
A [[CBS]] [[miniseries]] about the Ruby Ridge incident, titled ''[[Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy]]'', aired on May 19 and 21, 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Siege at Ruby Ridge (TV Movie 1996)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117523/ |publisher=IMDb |date=May 19, 1996|access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> It was based on the book ''Every Knee Shall Bow'' by reporter Jess Walter.<ref name=WalterEveryKnee98 /> It starred [[Laura Dern]] as Vicki, [[Kirsten Dunst]] as Sara, and [[Randy Quaid]] as Randy. Later that year the television series was adapted as a full-length TV movie, ''[[The Siege at Ruby Ridge]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Young, Roger (director), Chetwynd, Lionel (screenwriter) |display-authors=etal |year=2007 |title=Standoff at Ruby Ridge |publisher=Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Regan Company, Victor Television Productions (producers) |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-siege-at-ruby-ridge-v227776 |access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref>

In 1999, [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] musician [[Peter Rowan]] addressed the events at Ruby Ridge in his song "The Ballad of Ruby Ridge".<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5Q656Z1TwcC&pg=PA85 |title = Alice in Washington|isbn =978-1583487488|last1 = Bonine|first1 = Richard Pray|year = 1999| publisher=iUniverse }}</ref>

Ruby Ridge was the subject of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', [[Criminal Minds (season 3)|Season Three]], episode 7, "Identity" (2007). Agent [[David Rossi]] says that he was at Ruby Ridge during the siege.

In 2017, it was the focus of the 323rd episode of ''[[American Experience]]'', the 5th episode of its [[American Experience (season 29)|29th season]].

The standoff, including the shooting of Vicki Weaver, is featured in the first episode of the [[Paramount Network]] television miniseries ''[[Waco (miniseries)|Waco]]'' (2018).

[[Tara Westover]], in her memoir ''[[Educated (book)|Educated]]'' (2018), referred to this incident, noting her own family's preparations to defend their isolated home against a potential siege by "the Feds".

The Ruby Ridge incident was the subject of the first season of the narrative podcast series ''[[Panoply Media#Slate branded podcasts|Slate Presents]]''. The four-episode season, titled ''Standoff: What Happened at Ruby Ridge?'' ran as a stand-alone miniseries <!-- when? -->hosted by journalist Ruth Graham.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://slate.com/slate-presents-standoff.html |title=Slate Presents: Standoff |website=Slate Magazine |language=en |access-date=March 19, 2019}}</ref>

In 2020, the incident was featured in a season of [[Fox Nation]]'s ''Scandalous''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 9, 2020 |title=FOX three-part series on Ruby Ridge will include interviews with Daily Times editor |url=https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/fox-three-part-series-on-ruby-ridge-will-include-interviews-with-daily-times-editor/article_70864dce-270e-5a16-922f-ff6778fa7b6d.html |work=[[The Daily Times (Blount County, Tennessee)|The Daily Times]] |location=Blount County, Tennessee |access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>