Mick Fealty on August 26, 2009, 6:08 pm | Readers 2
Lots of commentary on Ted Kennedy’s death and many blog comment clagged with some pretty foul references to Chappaquiddick… I’ll leave it to others and Google to round up the best… But there has been some exemplary pieces from the right: Dan Hannan on his credentials as a parliamentarian… And Bill Bennett who remembers him as a “a fierce and tough — and sometimes a ruthless — operator”. And Danny Finklestein believes that when his older brothers are remembered “it will be as their youngest brother remade them”.
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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