Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards "Love Child" Story?

Slate Magazine ^ | July 23, 2008 | Jack Shafer

[Kleebo151]

Everybody had a good laugh last August when Roll Call broke the story about Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, getting arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for playing footsies in a toilet stall...

...But if Edwards had an affair and lied about it, shouldn't he suffer scrutiny akin to that of Craig? At least three-dozen daily newspapers in the United States published the Craig news the day after the Roll Call scoop, according to Nexis, but this morning not a single U.S. daily mentioned the Enquirer piece.

[Miss Didi]

The thread from yesterday? It was moved to Chat.

[mware]

Ain’t ignoring it any more. LA Times ran with the story this afternoon.

[LdSentinal]

Please.

It ran on an electronic blog of the LA Times - not much of an audience.

[mware]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050253/posts

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: The funniest part of this to me is the Breck Girl ran into a bathroom and feverishly got on a cell phone calling hotel security to come rescue him. I'm picturing in my head the Breck Girl's combing his hair in there getting ready for his big exit knowing that there are photographers out there. (cont.)



Drive-Bys Ignore National Enquirer on Breck Girl Affair, Love Child

[afortiori]

Hmm... maybe Sen. Larry Craig has a point? /sarc

[ops33]

When I was a very young Airman an old Staff Sergeant gave me some very good advice. He told me that every time a man thinks with the head of his d*** all it does is get him in trouble. Never seen his advice go wrong.

[abb]

MSNBC had a blurb about it on their website, too. The dam is leaking badly and is about to burst completely. They can’t sit on it any longer. I know these scummy Drive-By types.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/23/1218422.aspx
An LA Times blog, meanwhile, looks at the National Enquirer rumors. Per Drudge, Edwards has responded: “I don’t talk about these tabloids. Tabloid trash is full of lies.”

[Kleebo151]

Per Drudge, Edwards has responded: “I don’t talk about these tabloids. Tabloid trash is full of lies.”

Sort of like a vast right wing conspiracy?

[Past Your Eyes]

I’m afraid to guess which one you think is the pig, wendy.
“;^o

[antioscar]

since Rush mentioned it on his show today it should be forced to a more “newsworthy” status, but I bet, if the story is true, Johnny is glad for Dolly’s timing...

[Laptop_Ron]

It seems that the MSM’s desire to sweep this under the rug is clashing with it’s desire to get ratings. Rating will win. They’re only running with it now because the blogs broke the story and they don’t want to look foolish (more foolish?).

Personally, I hope none of it is true. I don’t like Edwards and I think his wife is a Grade A B*tch, but even she doesn’t deserve this. Neither do their kids.

[Lockbar]

LOL!! Man, is that her?? She looks like she just saw a guy making a “dooty” on her front porch. A face to sink a thousand ships. She must have something going for her, I guess maybe a “snappy gyro”?

[ought-six]

It’s because he’s a liberal Democrat who will have a very prominent role in an Obambi administration, so of course the MSM will shun such a story like the plague.

[csvset]

running from tabloid reporters when approached and hiding in a hotel bathroom for 15 minutes

Perhaps there's some similarity to the Craig case. /s

Did anyone try to toe tap or wide stance Edwards?

[GregoryFul]

Hey, it is Karma!

[SuziQ]

Edwards isn’t a public champion of strict fidelity, so I don’t see the hypocrisy charge. Doing something that you know is wrong is not hypocritical, it’s just a failing.

Yeah, but all those women who watched Elizabeth on TV talking about her battle with cancer might not take to kindly to the thought that he's schtupping the sexy blonde while his wife is likely dying.

[Doc Savage]

She must be able to suck the chrome off a trailer hitch because that is one UGLY kisser!

[KC_Conspirator]

Having a D next to your name means there will be an automatic coverup. Can you believe this guy did this to his wife who has cancer?

[Geezerette]

Wow! She looks like that Camilla person over in England ... you know, Prince Charles' (ahem) wife?

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