Yungerman from Lakewood hit the nail on it’s head
(hmm,did YU skip Divrei Hesped for R’ Elyashiv
..seems there’s an agenda)
R’ Ovadia zt”l if there’s a comparison to be made has been more publicized by far due to:
1.the media wants to imply Rabbi is must be someone only if useful for the benighted masses
2.the media(,internet included,who fought and hated him till this week)wish to turn him into something so big,
that now if anyone so chooses to challenge much of his manifold leniencies ,will be shouted down by
those same masses
2.As a slight to others whose influence penetrated differently but heavier
From An Ashkenazi who tore his shirt on the news of the Petirah