And yet, reporters were planted outside the Kennedy compound, thinking of things to say to fill time until the news was received about the tragedy. Endlessly filming the outside of a house, or talking to the guy who runs the bakery down the street isn't exactly newsworthy. But they were very public figures during very troubled times. There's always a risk when you decide to go into political life. As for everything else, it's what happens when you pay close attention to a family.
Every family has times when it seems like everybody in it is dying.
My father died during the same year that I lost both my grandmothers and a cousin who was my age. It happens that way. I feel sad for the Kennedys, who have seemed to have lost their most outgoing, media-savvy member, his wife and her sister. I think the most fitting thing to do for them would be to let them alone. They'll step in front of the cameras when they know something, don't worry about that.