I opened this sundays Idaho State Journal (the paper for SE Idaho) and found the Parade magazine (the cheap rag that typically discusses celebrity gossip and how to bake tasty pies) with a headline that read something like, “America’s best hope against terrorism.” Though there were numerous comments in the internet world and a few papers ran notes in the editor’s section explaining that the article had gone to press before her assassination, I think that a good number of americans remained unaware of the awkward timing of publication. For example, our paper commented on her death in an 8th page blurb that was three sentences long.

strange times and mixed messages for americans with little connection to the world around them beyond their mass media.

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