>>>>>>>Now he has been caught not only having an affair, but having a child with his lover and paying her to keep quiet, while having another surrogate claim to be the father.
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>>>>>>Excuse me. As I understand this story, a tabloid has accused him of this, but there's been no proof. I have no idea what the truth is, but you're stating rumor as fact is an example of one of the things that's very wrong in this country right now.
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>>>>>>Tamar
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>>>>>While the story may be nothing more than a character assasination, his response (or lack of) to it is news. I seldom agree with the LaTimes, but in this case I do:
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>>>>>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/readers/2008/08/when-the-story.html
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>>>>Hmmm... I thought this was a real story. Turns out it's a National Enquirer story. For me that's enough said. I have no feelings about Edwards one way or t'other, but come on. National Enquirer??
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>>>and followed up on by the Charlotte Observer:
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>>>http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1161218.html
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>>For the sake of full disclosure, there is also this article: http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/politicians/edwards/story/1169156.html
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>Yep, and this one too:
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>http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5441195&page=1
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>The point I was making (albeit poorly) is that many news stories actually originate in the tabloids. they have the journalists news hounds out there digging the stuff up.

You mean like Tommy Lee Jones said about the tabloids in "Men in Black" - "Best investigative reporting on the planet. But go ahead, read the New York Times if you want. They get lucky sometimes."?