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John Edwards Lovechild Hints forJournalists
By encinoman
I never went to journalism school, but I&;ve been published in the LA Times, NY Daily News, the LA Weekly and most of the airline magazines, among others. Freelancing for the National Enquirer five years was my J-School; thank you Steve Coz wherever you are.
So allow me to help the august J-School grads who run America&;s top papers solve the John Edwards paternity puzzle.
Short of a DNA or blood test, you&;ll never know for sure. But if you can get three sources to agree, you&;ve got something you can probably run with.
Camp out outside Rielle Hunter/Lisa Druck&;s house in Santa Barbara. Pull out some diapers from the trash. Do some DNA analysis if you can, then try to get a John Edwards drinking glass, or cigarette.
That&;s pretty CSI-ish, but the best journalism is talking to people&;lots of them.
Where does Hunter/Druck come from? Does she have a mother, a sister, a favorite aunt? Where did she work? A coworker she talks to? Does she go to a Starbuck&;s? A Ralph&;s? Where does she get her hair done? What gym does she go to? Who are her friends? Who is her doctor? Who works in her doctor&;s office? Who sat next to her in the waiting room at her last appointment?
Talk to all these people. It&;s not brainsurgery. Sooner or later (in my experience, much sooner than you think, as people love to talk) you will find something.
Ask Mrs. Edwards&;I&;m sure Edwards told her something. Watch her eyes when she gives her answer.
Yes, all this takes a strong stomach. But that&;s why you became a journalist in the first place, isn&;t it?
Tags: death-of-journalism, John-Edwards-lovechild, National-Enquirer, Rielle-Hunter, Steve-Coz, yellow-journalism
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2 Responses to &;John Edwards Lovechild Hints forJournalists&;
John Edwards Farce Continues « Monday Morning Media Quarterback Says:
August 15, 2008 at 6:37 pm |
[...] Edwards absurd half-denial, half-confession, the media, finally freed of all restraint, has taken our tips and is finally digging. It gets uglier and uglier, (Rielle Hunter&;s father apparently [...]
Give the National Enquirer a Pulitzer « Monday Morning Media Quarterback Says:
January 25, 2010 at 6:37 pm |
[...] for its role in outing John Edward&;s infidelities and lies. As we noted back in 2008, any journalist could learn how to do a story from the [...]
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