http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6952/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-plumps-joe-kennedy-teds-seat-ignores-hugo-chavez-ties <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> In pondering the glories of the waning Kennedy era in Massachusetts, the Times ignored &quot;populist&quot; Joe Kennedy&#039;s ties to Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, yet praised Kennedy for providing free heating oil to the poor that was in fact provided by Chavez. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Friday's story from Boston by Abby Goodnough and Sara Rimer, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/us/politics/04succession.html" target="_self">Massachusetts Waits for a Kennedy to Decide on Race</a>," pondered whether Joe Kennedy, nephew of the late Ted Kennedy and a former congressman, will run to fill his uncle's Massachusetts Senate seat. The Times paid sad tribute to the possible end of the Kennedy era in Massachusetts:</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-plumps-joe-kennedy-teds-seat-ignores-hugo-chavez-ties" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AbbyGoodnough HugoChavez JoeKennedy LabelingBias Massachusetts NewYorkTimes NYTimes oil SaraRimer TedKennedy TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:05:00 +0000 admin 7055 at http://archive2.mrc.org