I’m sorry to say I wasn’t up at 4 to watch the whole funeral, but I noticed when I came in that Fox seemed to be almost C-SPAN like in letting the ceremony unfold without too much talking (You Decide, We’ll Shut Up), while the Big Three were doing their usual yammering over the ceremony. But I stayed with CBS and enjoyed Father Paul Robichaud explaining the significance of the ceremonies. Harry Smith was very courteous and even seemed to be impressing Fr. Robichaud with his attempts to explain how priests learn Greek and so on. Smith has repeatedly expressed on air this week his feeling of privilege that he’s on the scene to cover this event. (Beats “Biography” voice-overs on A&E, I’m sure.) This kind of coverage surely pleases the Pope’s supporters, Catholic and non-Catholic. But I’m sure it grates on the secularists and [others].