The Editor and Publisher blog, E & P Pub , has an interesting post up about where mainstream media outlets first mention "Chappaquiddick" in their obituaries of Senator Kennedy:
So where did leading outlets place the first mention of the Chappaquiddick accident in their obits of Ted Kennedy? E&P's Sam Chamberlain provides the following count. The liberal Boston Globe mentioned it much earlier than the conservative Boston Herald. NY Daily News- 13th graf
Associated Press- 7th graf
Boston Herald- 10th graf
Boston Globe- 5th graf
NY Times- 14th graf
NY Post- 14th graf
Washington Post- 9th graf
Wall Street Journal- 6th graf
LA Times- 12th graf
Chicago Tribune- 12th graf (same obit as LA Times)
Miami Herald- 10th graf
Reuters- 18th graf
USA Today- 19th graf
Politico- 24th graf
The Hill-NO MENTION
Roll Call-25th graf
National Journal-11th graf
Times of London- 8th graf
I guess negligent homicide by a sitting United States senator just isn't quite as important as it once was.
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