>>>>>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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>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/

IIRC they were actually doing some pretty good reporting during the first O.J. trial. They got some stuff the "respectable press" hadn't. Of course they're still kind of a rag, but that doesn't mean everything in it is "Martians Abducted Elvis."