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It was just one line at the end of a segment.  But it spoke volumes about the way a media willing to look the other way saved Ted Kennedy's political career at the time of Chappaquiddick.Jim Pinkerton made the observation on yesterday's Fox News Watch at the very end of the segment on the media's treatment of Kennedy's death.

Does being a member of a social networking website such as Facebook or Twitter give crooks personal information about you that could increase the likelihood of you being robbed?If the answer is "Yes," should such participants be required to pay higher insurance premiums?This concept is being considered by Great Britain as reported by that nation's Daily Mail Thursday (h/t William Ricci):

A piece of advice to liberals who wish to pay tribute to Ted Kennedy: don't mention his name in the same sentence as the word "bridge" since it will undermine whatever else you write. Unfortunately for Alec Baldwin, that is exactly what he did in his Huffington Post tribute to the deceased senator:Don't name a bridge after Ted. Yes, Baldwin did write a lot more about Ted Kennedy in his tribute…

Howard Kurtz on Sunday accused Fox News's Glenn Beck of attacking White House "green czar" Van Jones in response to the advertiser boycott implemented by Color of Change, an advocacy group founded by Jones. Such a conclusion seems to stem from all the time Beck spent on his program last week chronicling Jones's activities as well as his background. What Kurtz conveniently ignored in this…

Given the media's love for ObamaCare, you probably never expected to see this kind of a headline:Police: Health Care Reform Used as NY Crime Ploy Impossible?Well, as hard as it might be to believe, there it was late Saturday evening, from the Associated Press no less:

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: You tell us.

No Republican senator or living president deserves the kind of media attention Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) has received since the announcement of his death on Tuesday.So stated Emily Rooney, a former executive producer for ABC's "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings," and the current executive editor of WGBH's "Beat the Press."For those unfamiliar, she is also the daughter of CBS's Andy Rooney.…

What a difference a political philosophy makes when it comes to funeral coverage.Have you heard a word of complaint from the network anchors that perhaps television is "overcovering" the funeral of Ted Kennedy? Of course not. However, after President Ronald Reagan passed away in 2004, both Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather grumbled aloud about how his funeral was being "overcovered" despite the massive…

Robert Schindler, father of Terri Schindler Schiavo, has passed away. Condolences to his courageous family and friends. Associated Press writer Kelli Kennedy's coverage of Mr. Schindler's death, and her recounting of the Terri Schiavo story, is a mixed bag. On the one hand, she writes that "the feeding tube that had nourished her for years was removed according to her husband's wishes." I would…

For the second night in a row, Fox News's Glenn Beck attracted the most cable news viewers in the all important demographic of folks aged 25 to 54.As for MSNBC's Keith Olberman who arrogantly and errantly bragged Tuesday about having "the highest rated cable news program, period," he came in third in his time slot Thursday actually attracting fewer viewers than CNN's Campbell Brown.Though…

Kennedy biographer Ed Klein on Wednesday refuted the absurd claim made earlier in the morning by MSNBC's Chris Matthews that with Teddy's passing "Barack [Obama] is now the last brother."In fact, when WOR radio's Steve Malzberg addressed what Matthews said on the "Today" show, Klein responded, "Makes me want to puke." Contrary to media depictions of a strong relationship between the two, Klein…