John-John, RIP

[James Farmelant]

In case anyone hasn't noticed, the media seems most intent
on milking this story for all its worth in much the same way
they did with Princess Di.  Yesterday morning, when I was
watching the CBS coverage, Dan Rather made a most interesting
slip of the tongue.  He spoke of the Kennedy clan gathering at
Martha's Vineyard for a funeral, when he meant to say for a
wedding.  I guess that he was already thinking ahead about
what he would be doing over the next several days.  Rather
of course has covered several Kennedy funerals including
most notably that of JFK Sr.  It was coverage of the JFK
assassination that first made Rather a media star.

Anyway I guess we can look forward to more days of mind numbing
coverage of this latest Kennedy tragedy.

			Jim F.
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:20:02 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
writes:
>[this bounced because it had an attachment]
>
>From: Steve Perry <sperry at usinternet.com>
>To: "'lbo-talk at lists.panix.com'" <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
>Subject: RE: John-John: 88 IQ Points Lost to the World Forever
>Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:33:38 -0500
>
>His private worth is for his family and friends to mourn, and I feel 
>no more
>or less sympathy for them than for the families and friends of all the 
>people
>in the obit columns today. His *public* worth... well, he was a 
>handsome,
>stupid man who published a handsome, stupid magazine that did its part
>to push public dialogue to ever more insipid levels.
>
>----------
>From: 	Eric Beck
>Sent: 	Saturday, July 17, 1999 7:53 PM
>To: 	lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: 	Re: John-John: 88 IQ Points Lost to the World Forever
>
>Oh yes. After all, intelligence is the ultimate measure of a person's 
>worth.
>

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