The New York Post’s Brooke Rogers was NOT HAPPY with the way the AP wrote about the anniversary of Sen. Ted Kennedy killing Mary Jo Kopechne 50 years ago.
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Ted Kennedy drove his car off the bridge, left Mary Jo Kopechne in the water to die, &, instead of calling the police/an ambulance, went back to the party and told his friends. He didn't report it to police until the next day.
Then Ted was re-elected to the Senate 7 more times. https://t.co/tryQ7WUHlt
— Brooke Rogers ? (@bkerogers) July 19, 2019
But boo-hoo, he never got to be president.
— Brooke Rogers ? (@bkerogers) July 19, 2019
Ted Kennedy's former mistress said that he called her before he called the police and asked for the number of the "family fixer," Stephen Smith. Meanwhile, Mary Jo was still at the bottom of a lake. A fisherman called the police before Kennedy did. https://t.co/zMIDxbc0jD
— Brooke Rogers ? (@bkerogers) July 19, 2019
The way Mary Jo was found indicates she likely didn't die instantly. If Kennedy had called the police immediately, she might have been saved. But since the police weren't called until 8 hours after the crash, we'll never know. https://t.co/XemJ6kFlFT
— Brooke Rogers ? (@bkerogers) July 19, 2019
I think this is the detail that gets me the most: The thought of Mary Jo, terrified, trapped in a car, drowning, while Ted Kennedy walked by houses where he could have called the police. And then her body lying at the bottom of a lake while Ted spent the night in his hotel room.
— Brooke Rogers ? (@bkerogers) July 20, 2019
And the fact that Ted faced almost no consequences for his actions. He got off with leaving the scene of an accident and got two months, which the judge suspended.
— Brooke Rogers ? (@bkerogers) July 20, 2019
Even now, our coverage of Mary Jo Kopechne’s death is so sanitized. We call it “the Chappaquiddick incident” and not “the time Ted Kennedy left a woman at the bottom of a lake.” Because god forbid someone besmirch the good name of a Kennedy.
Ok, I’m done.
— Brooke Rogers ? (@bkerogers) July 20, 2019
Brutal. And perfectly said.
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Related:
FIFY! AP’s tweet on the 50th anniversary of Ted Kennedy leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to die gets a BRUTALLY honest rewrite https://t.co/8WR5IsKknw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 19, 2019
‘Good Lord’! Kavanaugh critic John Kerry sickens with this demented take on Ted Kennedy https://t.co/VrRrzI65Aq
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 2, 2018
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