The New York Times obituary for Thomas S. Monson missed the fact that he was a man known as a speaker, a great speaker, and a man who loved the poor, the elderly, the widow and reached out to the one.
Beyond this the article contained downright falsehoods.
This might not be so bad if all New York Times obituaries were hatchet jobs against the subject. Most are not. Here https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/sports/baseball/05harwell.html is an example of what the New York Times normally produces. Long obituaries with lots of details.
However with the rise of Kellerism do not hold your breath to see a balanced and humanizing obituary of any conservative religious leader anytime soon.
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