4.08.2005

Yes, but is it cypress?

Here's a sampling of how the media has described the Pope's unadorned wooden death box:

MSNBC = "plain cypress coffin"
CNN = "simple cypress casket"
FOX News = "plain cypress coffin"
New York Times = "simple wooden coffin," "plain cypress coffin"
Los Angeles Times = "simple cypress coffin"
The Guardian = "simple wooden coffin"
Chicago Sun-Times = "plain cypress coffin"
Chicago Tribune = "simple cedar coffin" (ed. note: ouch)
New York Daily News = "plain cypress coffin"
New York Post = "plain cypress coffin"
Washington Post = "simple wooden casket"
NPR = "simple wooden coffin"
Reuters UK = "plain cypress coffin"
Newsday = "simple cypress wood casket"
Contra Costa Times = "simple cypress casket"
Dallas Morning News = "simple wooden coffin"
Sydney Morning Herald = "cypress wood casket"
BBC News = "simple coffin of cypress wood"
NEWS.com.au = "simple coffin made of cypress wood"
AsiaNews.it = "simple cypress wood casket"
The Belfast Telegraph = "simple coffin of plain Cyprus wood"

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