ANOTHER MEDIA MAKEOVER FOR A KENNEDY: Did Mary Jo Kopechne Matter?

On June 25, 2009 the media smothered us in non-stop coverage of Michael Jackson's death. In that coverage the media continued to remind us of the allegations of child molestation against him even though he was acquitted of the charges.
The past five days the media has smothered us with coverage of Ted Kennedy's death; with reports of how Victoria Reggie Kennedy (Divorced Washington Lawyer) turned Kennedy's life around and how she is now "another Kennedy widow."
Why has the media (ALL the media) tr