Miami Herald continues shielding its readers from unpleasant news

Daniel Cárdenas Sr. kisses the casket of his son Daniel, at the boy's funeral Tuesday. photo by Pedro Portal, El Nuevo Herald.

"News is the deviation from the normal." -Miami Herald executive editor Janet Chusmir, quoted in the Herald, Feb. 2, 1988
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What Chusmir was talking about when she made that statement - almost 3 years before her death in December 1990