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I just checked the Boston newspapers for their coverage of Senator Kennedy's death. The contrast is horrifying:
- The guest book over at the Globe is full of respectful tributes, condolences to his widow and children, and so on. It's a typical funeral posting, complete with the obligatory link to a place where one can purchase funeral flowers (not very tasteful IMHO, but probably useful in many cases). There are over 55 pages of entries.
- The Herald has a comment link with 192 entries. Seven of the first nine were removed from inappropriate content, and several of the next batch were along the lines of "Great, he's gone, now we can get a REAL Senator!" or "We'll be better off without him" or "CHAPPAQUIDICK!!!! CHAPPAQUIDICK!!!!"
As I said before, Ted Kennedy was far from perfect. But this?
- The guest book over at the Globe is full of respectful tributes, condolences to his widow and children, and so on. It's a typical funeral posting, complete with the obligatory link to a place where one can purchase funeral flowers (not very tasteful IMHO, but probably useful in many cases). There are over 55 pages of entries.
- The Herald has a comment link with 192 entries. Seven of the first nine were removed from inappropriate content, and several of the next batch were along the lines of "Great, he's gone, now we can get a REAL Senator!" or "We'll be better off without him" or "CHAPPAQUIDICK!!!! CHAPPAQUIDICK!!!!"
As I said before, Ted Kennedy was far from perfect. But this?
