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I wonder how a journalist would react if his or her second cousin, not even a blood relative, were accused of a terrible crime. And each time an article on this case appeared, the journalist’s last name was featured in the headlines.
That, essentially, is what the media have done in print, on the air and on the Web with what has yet to be referred to as the Michael Skakel case, the Martha Moxley murder, etc., in stories such as “Ex-classmates say Kennedy cousin admitted killing girl” (News, June 21).
For as many times as the Kennedy name has justifiably made tragic headlines, the family had no involvement whatsoever in this case.
