Schiavo...? Rings a bell...

In all the pomp and Pope-itude of April, the country’s March obsession Terri Schiavo has quietly receded from the front pages and the national agenda. But advocacy group ‘Compassion and Choices’ hasn’t forgotten, and at their “star-studded” benefit on May 19th they want to recognize CNN’s Aaron Brown and the NYT’s John Schwartz and James Estrin, according to today’s Lowdown. Too bad that a little thing like journalistic impartiality gets in the way – Brown declined, “personally and respectfully,” feeling it was “inappropriate to accept the award from an advocacy organization, however worthy.”