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NEWS ABOUT: Chappaquiddick

Chappaquiddick stories: 7 news summaries
OPINION

It's Time to Forgive Kennedy for Chappaquiddick: Globe

Senator's remorse was real and his good works atoned for inexcusable behavior

Sep 4, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy's behavior after the Chappaquiddick crash was inexcusable, but it's time to accept his atonement, the Boston Globe writes in an editorial a week after the senator's death. Kennedy's remorse was genuine, as shown by his actions toward the end of his life and his words in an upcoming... More »

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Ted Kennedy • remorse • Chappaquiddick • Mary Jo Kopechne • Hyannis Port

Kennedy Memoir: 
Chappaquiddick
'Inexcusable'  

Senator writes openly of his worst moments

Sep 3, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy tells of his anguish after Chappaquiddick in a memoir to be published this month, reports the New York Times, admitting that he "made terrible decisions" in the accident that killed his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. In True Compass, Kennedy deals unsparingly with the low points in... More »

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Ted Kennedy • memoir • autobiography • Chappaquiddick • Mary Jo Kopechne • Robert F. Kennedy

OPINION

 Media Airbrush 
 Did Kennedy 
 No Favors: 
 Hitchens 

Camelot replay overshadowed real accomplishments, redemption

Aug 31, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Kennedy “legacy” is not pretty, precisely because it requires so much media “airbrushing” to stay intact. “One of the many dreadful aspects,” Christopher Hitchens writes for Slate, “is the now-unbreakable grip of celebrity politics, image-doctoring, stage management, and ‘torch passing’ rhetoric in general.... More »

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media • Christopher Hitchens • Ted Kennedy • death • Chappaquiddick • Kennedy family • legacy • senator • US Senate • JFK • Edward Kennedy

OPINION

 Enough Already: 
 Kennedy Was No Hero 


Aug 27, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - You wouldn’t know it from the tearful plaudits in the "echo chamber of the mainstream media," but Ted Kennedy was no hero, Howie Carr writes for the Boston Herald. Kennedy was actually a ruthless partisan—he accused Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork of wanting "segregated lunch... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Robert Bork • Richard Nixon • partisanship • Senate confirmation hearings • hypocrisy • Gerald Ford • Chappaquiddick • US Supreme Court • senator

Appreciation

 Ted Was the Greatest Kennedy 


Aug 26, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the weekend of his inauguration, John F. Kennedy gave his youngest brother a cigarette case engraved with the words, “And the last shall be first.” Fifty years later, that prophesy has come true, writes Richard Lacayo of Time. The "long shadow of Chappaquiddick" may... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Chappaquiddick • political dynasty • Robert F. Kennedy • senator • appreciation • Kennedy

Words Failed Kennedy on Chappaquiddick

Senator invited Kopechne's parents over, couldn't talk

May 19, 09 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though he longed to tell Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents about the 1969 accident that killed their daughter, Ted Kennedy couldn’t find the words on two occasions when he invited them into his home, a new book on the senator says. “When the time came, after plenty of... More »

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Ted Kennedy • biography • Chappaquiddick • Mary Jo Kopechne • Gwen Kopechne • Edward Klein

Kennedy Inks Blockbuster Deal for Memoir

Senator will discuss failed presidential bid, Chappaquiddick

Nov 27, 07 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - After a 6-day auction, Ted Kennedy's memoirs have sold for more than $8 million, the New York Times reports. Assuming the Senate Ethics Committee OKs the deal, Kennedy will discuss his lengthy career, infamous car crash, and failed presidential bid. He’s “walking, talking history,” gushed the... More »

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Ted Kennedy • memoir • book • Chappaquiddick • Mary Jo Kopechne

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