Diana West : Media Sheepish About Lion's Murky Past - Townhall.com

Diana West : Media Sheepish About Lion's Murky Past - Townhall.com: "Something about the death of a famous liberal person turns the media into grieving widows whose dictum against speaking 'ill' of the dead eliminates all sober analysis of the life in question. Once, death in the passing parade came to us, more or less, in 'just-the-facts, ma'am' obituaries. Now, breaking, live and for the duration, a celebratory loop plays on about even the most mixed and controversial public lives. Notice I said 'mixed' and 'controversial,' restrained terminology to describe the life and times of Sen. Ted Kennedy, whose death triggered a media dump of Hallmark-curlicued tributes that all begin with 'lion of the Senate' -- as though that were his official title -- and finish with 'the end of Camelot,' as though that were his actual residence, not the tagline of an ancient PR campaign. Question: How does the 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne -- whom the married, panicked and first-term Sen. Ted Kennedy left to drown in 7 feet of Chappaquiddick water -- apply to the 'lion' from 'Camelot'? Answer: It doesn't."