The LA Times runs a piece today on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R), and his family’s decision in 1988 to refrain from extraordinary measures to keep his terminal father artificially alive.
The point of the story is so obvious that it will be shocking if the Chronicle doesn’t run some version of it (likely a chopped version).
Orrin Judd dismisses some of the nastier insinuations of the story with his usual precision:
Even by its own abysmal standards the press has done a terrible job covering the issues surrounding the Schiavo case–there’s a great difference between the question of whether it’s morally necessary to initiate heroic measures to prolong life and whether it’s morally permissible to withdraw simple sustenance from someone who isn’t otherwise terminal.
One local editorialist is likely to express more concern for her leftovers.
So, any thoughts from readers on which day of the week the Chronicle posts a chopped version of this story?
UPDATE: The Chron posted the AP version this afternoon (the timestamp on their posting is 1:23 pm as of this update). That renders our little contest among commenters moot, but just to keep reader interest — how long before the Chron editorial board follows up on the AP story by blasting their favorite bad guy?
UPDATE (03-29-2005): The Chron posted a slightly edited version of the original LA Times story, one day later.
Also, Just One Minute weighs in with It Doesn’t Always Matter What The Facts Are.
