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Good News, Bad News

The good news is that the Pope's passing has knocked Terri Schiavo out of the news, when otherwise we could have continued to marinate in its aftermath for days. The bad news is that it also knocked everything else out, including Sandy Burglar. I had already predicted that no one would be talking about this tomorrow morning, because there's no way to talk about it that reflects well on the media's favorite (recent) administration--that of Bill Clinton. Now, it's guaranteed--it will be all pontiff, all the time, maybe for a couple weeks until a successor is chosen.

I'm sure that many in the Washington press corps are breathing a sigh of relief to have an excuse to ignore the story. We can't let them do it indefinitely--there are too many unanswered questions about which they've displayed too little curiousity.

Posted by Rand Simberg at April 02, 2005 02:03 PM
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heh... that was my first thought, no more Schiavo story, even a break from the Jackson circus. However, I think you are wrong about "until a successor is chosen". The MSM is sure to determine that we need at least a week of learning all about the new Pope. Alas, expect a small breather from the Pope as Charles says "I do" for the second time.

Posted by Leland at April 4, 2005 08:18 AM

Who is Sandy?

Posted by Leland at April 4, 2005 08:20 AM


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