WaPo Prints Gushy 42-Paragraph Front-pager on 'Royal' Kennedy Family

August 12th, 2009 4:52 PM
"Each Kennedy contributes 'a ripple of hope' to the legacy... some large, some small, many skirting troubled waters, but all contributing to a current that tries to beat endlessly at oppression and prejudice."The prose of a Washington Post feature writer or a Kennedy hagiographer? Yes. With Sen. Ted Kennedy's ongoing struggle with brain cancer sidelining him from the Senate and Eunice Kennedy…

WaPo Editor: Ted Kennedy is 'One of the Greatest Legislators' Ever

December 30th, 2008 3:25 PM
While appearing on Tuesday's edition of "MSNBC News Live" to comment on Caroline Kennedy's bid to be appointed the United States Senate, Washington Post news editor Vincent Bzdek hyperbolically lauded Caroline's uncle, Senator Ted Kennedy, as "one of the greatest legislators in the history of the country." Anchor Norah O'Donnell also read from a New York Daily News column harshly attacking…