overtaken by events

I realize Sunday newspapers are printed well in advance, but in this case a reprint just miiiiight have been tasteful.

Did anyone else recoil at the sight of this week's Parade magazine cover? Two weeks after her murder by Islamic extremists, Parade declared Benazir Bhutto "America's best hope against al Qaeda" and "what the terrorists fear most." Now that's journalism.

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