{"id":1378,"date":"2009-08-26T00:58:43","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T07:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2009-08-26T00:58:43","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T07:58:43","slug":"cable-news-remembers-sen-edward-m-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1378","title":{"rendered":"Cable News Remembers Sen. Edward M. Kennedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Statement from the Kennedy family<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever,” the Kennedy family said in a statement. “He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At a time like this, our thoughts are with the Kennedy family and we wish them peace and the consolation of having known and loved one of the great statesmen of our time.<\/p>\n

However, as a site that observes and documents the media, I cannot let it go unnoticed that both CNN and MSNBC broke into their regular programming with news of Sen. Kennedy’s passing, and continued broadcasting commentary and condolences uninterrupted. When Fox News eventually reported the news, they quickly returned to the reruns of Greta Van Susteren and Glenn Beck. Thereafter they would intersperse brief updates, always resuming their scheduled programs.<\/p>\n

It is no secret that I am an ardent critic of Fox News, but even I would not have predicted this demonstration of disrespect and journalistic lack of judgment. Fox News gave more consideration to the passing of Michael Jackson than they are now giving to Sen. Kennedy. That is a sad way to live up to a reputation of political prejudice.<\/p>\n

R.I.P. Edward M. Kennedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Statement from the Kennedy family: “We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever,” the Kennedy family said in a statement. “He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it.” At a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[42,33,22,302],"class_list":["post-1378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-cnn","tag-fox-news","tag-msnbc","tag-ted-kennedy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-me","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11293,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11293","url_meta":{"origin":1378,"position":0},"title":"So What’s The Big Story This Week On CNN And Fox News?","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/19\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Both CNN and Fox News have Sunday morning programs that analyze the media. 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