It’ll probably be something along these lines:
Banner Headline, top of the fold, page 1.
Gist of the story:
Sarah Palin has been the center of a number of rumors about her 5th baby Trig. The NYT is not saying that any of these are true, but this story is about the incredible irresponsiblity of other media outlets that have reported the following: TRIG IS THE PRODUCT OF AN ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP, or TRIG IS REALLY HER 17 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER’S BABY, or TRIG IS THE RESULT OF AN INCENTUOUS RELATIONSHIP. We want to repeat that NYT does not claim that any of these are true, but we believe it is responsible journalism to report on page 1 how irresponsible these rumors are.
The theory may be that at some point, Sarah will throw up her hands and say “as much as I would like to be VP, having my family trashed with utterly baseless but vile scurrilous charges every day on the front page of all the major newspapers in this country and on the TV and cable channels is too high a price to pay.”
This is a very high risk strategy for the mainstream media to undertake as another possible outcome is that Sarah stays, the public is repulsed by what the MSM is doing, McCain wins a huge victory and the worst of the MSM is visiting bankruptcy judges.
Jack