The Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times trumpeted the legacy of Ted Kennedy on Wednesday by running headlines which used quotes from notables about the deceased senator without quotation marks. The AP’s report by Glen Johnson and Philip Elliott heralded the President’s superlative about Kennedy without stating it was Mr. Obama’s words: “Obama mourns Kennedy, greatest senator of our time.”
Ari B. Bloomekatz’s entry on the blog of the LA Times highlighted the statement from the Catholic archbishop of the City of Angels: “Cardinal Mahony calls Kennedy a champion of the powerless” (an odd statement from the Cardinal, as Kennedy was a staunch defender of “abortion rights,” and who is more “powerless” than a baby in the womb?)
Other mainstream media outlets did not follow this playing up of these tributes to the deceased politician. The Boston Globe reported on another Senate colleague’s testimony: “McCain: Kennedy ‘always kept his word.’” The Chicago Tribune had this take on the President’s laudatory words: “Praise for Edward Kennedy, ‘greatest senator.’”
One might guess that the AP and the LA Times thought the eulogies by the Chief Executive and the Cardinal were statements of fact, instead of their personal opinions.
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Ms Kopechne would be proud.
August 26, 2009 - 14:54 ET by 10ksnookerMs Kopechne would be proud.
Supposed to be a surprise
August 26, 2009 - 14:58 ET by pitter43Supposed to be a surprise that the Slimes honors a murderer? Mass. did it for years. That sorry S.O.B. should have been executed years ago. Must be nice to have family money to get you out of murder.
Oh, you mean like everybody
August 26, 2009 - 15:36 ET by arkansaszippersOh, you mean like everybody lionized Jerry Falwell when he died? Yeah, unfortunately that's what happens when people die. They want everybody to conveniently forget about all the messed up things they did and said just because they died. Kind of like this: http://www.youtube.c...
Otis Campbell, Mayberry
August 26, 2009 - 15:41 ET by acumen'Teddy was always there to share a drink.'
What's wrong with "lionizing" the...
August 26, 2009 - 15:43 ET by PrairieSky"Lion of Senate"? Or should it read the lyin' "Lion of the Senate"?
And note to Obamessiah and the LA Times...the "greatest senator of our time"? Gag...Can we ratchet down the adoring hyperbole just a bit?
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
August 26, 2009 - 18:06 ET by jessieHKennedy was a MURDERER.
Hopefully, the "press" is
August 26, 2009 - 21:10 ET by RR GOPHopefully, the "press" is too worn out from kissing both Michael Jackson's and Walter Cronkite's deceased a$$es that we won't have to endure a lot of this much past the weekend.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
RIP MJK
August 26, 2009 - 21:10 ET by retroconDefender of the powerless?