Posted on 08/08/2008 2:32:37 PM PDT by SmithL
John Edwards. There, I said it.
I guess it's too late to be dramatic, now that Edwards has talked to a MSM outlet (ABC) about his affair. I really meant to say something earlier, when almost every daily newspaper, including The Chronicle, was not touching a story broken by, gasp, the National Enquirer, but I was tied up.
Most MSM in general had stayed away, picking at it with their noses held, as if looking for something valuable in a moldy dumpster. Of course the New York (City) Times said they were "looking into it" but certainly not printing a story. Oh, no. On journalism sites, the finger-pointing, self-loathing, self-righteousness and tut-tutting was massive. Don't touch that dirty tale! Don't trust but verify! Why are we ignoring this?
It's the same old problem when the most scandalous of the tabs breaks an actual story. It happened a lot with Bill Clinton, and Edwards now seems a little Bill lite-like ("I had sex with that woman but she meant nothing to me." I'm sure Rielle Hunter feels as good as Monica Lewinsky did about that.) The perp is a little ashamed but leave it to the Mrs. to take the real humiliation hit.
As always, the most interesting thing (OK, to me) about this are the cultural currents and implications. Is it worse when a darling of progressives betrays you than if it's Newt Gingrich? Better? The same? Was there a conspiracy to out Edwards hatched in a political brain? Will the MSM ever figure out the journalistic etiquette following a big tabloid scoop? Does anyone really think that a story splashed in the tabs and debated on blogs like a powerful fire back draft is somehow...
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hits->hints
But you could see the big lump - elephant shaped - right in the middle of the living room.
They didn’t drop the ball. They set it down carefully behind the garbage cans where, they hoped, nobody would spot it. They do not want to display evidence that would tarnish the reputation of one of ‘their own’.
Not so fast...
He had sex with a woman this time.
I was sure he was gay.
So if good Democrats are involved in sexual type scandals it should be ignored. If Republicans are so involved, they should be crucified.
So if a Democrat is involved, the MSM will say that we shouldn’t be investigating people’s private lives, and that their private lives will not impact any public policies or their actions as a public official. But if a Republican is involved, the MSM takes the position that their private lives will impact their public positions, and besides, Republicans are hypocritical because of “family values” and the notion that adultery is wrong. So they should be nailed for that point.
Democrats never talk about family values or adultery being wrong, no nobody can nail them on that point.
Add it all up, and we see the MSM template for reporting depends on which political party or political ideology one holds. I think nowadays, Al Gore could get away with anything because he’s so active with global warming, and the MSM loves that.
“Did the MSM drop the ball on John Edwards?”
Drop the ball?? DROP THE BALL???
You have to touch the ball before you can drop it.
Not so fast...
He had sex with a woman
In S.F. it was virtually a non-story about Gavin Newsom’s affair with the wife of a campaign aide of his.
The MSM is only interested in Republican balls.
For this person to even ask the question like he doesn’t know the answer, clearly proves that he is in on the cover up.
To me, “the liberal agenda” seems to be increasingly the “Marxist agenda...
Hey, Phil, google the name "Clinton, Hillary".
As Monk says, “I L-O-Led out loud!”
Bear, Catholic, Pope, Woods
I don't understand why major corporations stay in that city.
Heck, I don't understand why families stay there.
Bronstein, you were an accomplice, if only indirectly.
Too late now to claim any credibility. you ARE PART OF THE MSM that ignored the story.
Need photos? Who are you kidding. You are just like Edwards, who is EVEN NOW saying, he’s 99 per cent innocent.
No, he’s 99% guilty, as are you.
Why don’t you just say it — YES, I AM PART OF THE DINOSAUR MEDIA. PLEASE PAY NO ATTENTION TO ME henceforth.
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