Premise: To illustrate the Kennedys' penchant for adventure, recklessness, and disaster, the Post compares John's crash to the death of Joe Kennedy Jr., in a World War II bombing mission and to Michael Kennedy's fatal crash into a tree while playing football on skis.

Hypothesis: To illustrate Kennedy's avoidance of disaster or high stress situations the Post shows how the Kennedy's are a laid back family.
Relation: contradiction