The Media Research Center is keeping an eye on the networks’ Obama-as-Kennedy meme:

On Monday’s Nightline, anchor Terry Moran trumpeted the “new son of Camelot. Ted and Caroline Kennedy pass the torch to Barack Obama to carry the legacy of JFK.” Moran soon hailed how “the political world was transfixed by the spectacle of the most powerful Democratic family of the 20th century christening a new torch bearer for the 21st.”
David Wright repeated a line from World News about “the audacity of hope had its rendezvous with destiny….merging ideals from two different eras,” as “Obama is now an adopted son of Camelot.” On Tuesday, Good Morning America co-host Diane Sawyer announced “let’s turn to the Democrats and that political lightning bolt from the Kennedy family.” The screen graphic read: “Camelot Crowns Obama: Caroline and the Senator Take a Stand.”

If Obama gets the nomination, prepare for endless exhortations to the effect that America has a moral duty to elect this “new torch-bearer for the 21st century.”

Michael Knox Beran has more to say on this.