Was pedestrian death due to cyclist given excessive coverage?

Some sections of the media were accused of “double standards” after the rare death of a pedestrian due to a collision with a cyclist received widespread coverage in the papers

The death of a pedestrian at the hands of a cyclist, rather than a motorist, attracted a large amount of media coverage, including a full-page interview with her widower in The Times

The death of a pedestrian at the hands of a cyclist, rather than a motorist, attracted a large amount of media coverage, including a full-page interview with her widower in The Times

The case of a cyclist convicted of ‘wanton and furious driving’, but acquitted of manslaughter, after running over and killing a pedestrian in London, generated much media coverage last week.

On 26 August The Times devoted a page to an interview with the pedestrian’s widower in which it was acknowledged that the tragedy had “led to a trial that made legal history” because “for the first time a cyclist was charged with manslaughter”.

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