5 Feet of Fury

NPR: ‘only one of the 23 on-air stories mentioned the name Mary Jo Kopechne…’

Ombud finds:

NPR aired 53 Kennedy stories between Aug. 26 and 30.

On the first day of reporting Ted Kennedy’s death, only one of the 23 on-air stories mentioned the name Mary Jo Kopechne and five mentioned Chappaquiddick, notes ombud Alicia Shepard.