What liberal media?

With all the fawning coverage of Ted Kennedy by the media, one wonders what the coverage would have been like if Kennedy were a Republican.

Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw gives us a hint. In 2004 after Ronald Reagan died, he said:

"Reagan" was a beloved American leader, but at the same time our journalistic obligation is to put his whole life and his political career in context," Brokaw says. "It's a very delicate balancing act."

Disgraced anchor and fake news reporter Dan Rather said:

"They will be overcovered," Rather says. "Even though everybody is respectful and wants to pay homage to the president, life goes on. There is other news, like the reality of Iraq. It got very short shrift this weekend."

Emily Rooney, host of WGBH's "Greater Boston" told CNN this morning:

"Well I don't think there's anybody like Ted Kennedy. I don't know what Republican senator would have deserved it frankly. I was trying to think, any, even any living president I don't think at this point would get the kind of attention. Which one? If George Bush one or two died tomorrow, I'm not sure they would get the same kind of accolades."

H/T to Newsbusters