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The John Edwards Lovechild Story:II
By encinoman
I hate to say I told you so, but I told you The Enquirer story about John Edwards&; unzipped adventures was probably true. Even the LA Times is admitting the mainstream media missed the story, although they could have had it at any point. When Edwards finally admitted it August 8, they &;unleashed the hounds,&; as the old Jerry Seinfeld commercial put it.
From Stephen Glass to Jayson Blair to the LA Times untrue rap murder scoop to Judy Miller and the missing WMDs, the &;reputable&; media has a sordid recent history of fabrication and &;stenotyping&; the word of &;the authorities&; rather than investigate to find out what is really the truth.
It bothers me, too, as an alumnus of The National Enquirer, that I used to get no respect from people when I told them I wrote for them. &;That rag,&; they used to say disdainfully. Well, what is a rag but a newspaper or other publication when confronted with a truth they&;d rather not dig, instead puts its head in the sand?
Frankly, it was shameful that the mainstream media didn&;t devote any of their (admittedly dwindling) resources to following it up; even if the LA Times is down to 750 or so reporters, couldn&;t a couple have gone out and dug up the dirt on the woman, the philanderer and the wronged wife? Even The Nation has regrets for backing Edwards.
But he was my top choice of the Democratic three for President, because I liked what he stood for. As my father, a smoker, used to say when he tried to dissuade me from smoking &;Do as I say, not as I do.&; Thankfully, I listened.
Tags: Jayson-Blair, John-Edwards-lovechild, National-Enquirer, Rielle-Hunter
This entry was posted on August 10, 2008 at 3:52 am and is filed under Journalism, public-relations-disaster.
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