Networks Pay Tribute to Ted Kennedy with Specials Airing Tonight

Senator Ted Kennedy passed away late last night after being diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2008. Unfortunately, it was well known that the senator’s health had been failing for some time. He had not been to the Senate in nearly a year and was hospitalized in January after collapsing at an Inauguration lunch in Washington D.C.

Because his grave medical condition was well known, the press was ready for his passing with tributes, commentators and archival footage already in the can. …