A landmark decision’s immediate public reception depends partly on media agenda.

Evidence

The general public’s immediate response to Roe was rather muted; former President Lyndon Johnson died on the same day Roe was decided, and his death, not the Court’s decision, captured the day’s headlines. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3114

Categorization

• CANDY: Perfect elevator trivia: LBJ’s death the same day buried the Roe headline.