And more importantly, even if the details are sensationalistic, it is true that plural marriage and defense of the faith by force are part of early Mormon history.
But the biggest disappointments are the many science journalists, who by and large let their critical instincts lapse, exchanging the greyer and perhaps duller reality for a sensationalistic headline.
We wrote at the time that Sarah Palin's coinage was sensationalistic, but it was meant to illustrate a larger truth about a world of finite resources and infinite entitlement wants.