>>>>>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??
>
>Before you completely blow off the Enquirer you might consider
>I believe the National Enquirer. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine
>http://www.slate.com/id/2102303/

I've never read the National Enquirer that I recall, but I did research it today. I love this section:

And say whatever ugly things you will about the modern National Enquirer, it hasn't staged the filming of an exploding pickup truck like NBC News; it hasn't been taken by a serial liar, as was the New York Times; and it's avoided running preposterous stories about the U.S. government using nerve gas in Vietnam, as CNN did. Had Jack Kelley attempted to place his fictions in the Enquirer instead of USA Today, I'm sure the editors would have found him out.


heck, maybe I should start reading it instead of the papers I read now :o)