Ann Coulter takes note of the deafening silence from the mainstream media on the John Edwards scandal.
Coulter writes:
The mainstream media's reaction to the National Enquirer's reports on John Edwards' "love child" scandal has been reminiscent of the Soviet press. Edwards' name has simply been completely whitewashed out of the news.
...A Washington Post reporter defended the total blackout on the National Enquirer's John Edwards' love child story, telling the Times of London: "Edwards is no longer an elected official and he is not running for office now. Don't expect wall-to-wall coverage." This was the perfect guy to talk to because if there's one thing they're careful about in London, it's tabloid excess.
Isn't there some level of coverage between "wall-to-wall" and "double-secret probation, delta-force level total news blackout" when it comes to a sex scandal involving a current Democratic vice presidential and Cabinet prospect?
Hey, what sort of "elected official" was Ted Haggard again? He was the Christian minister no one outside of his own parish had ever heard of until he was caught in a gay sex scandal last year. Then he suddenly became the Pope of the Protestants. And yet, despite the fact that Haggard was not an "elected official," the Post gave that story wall-to-wall coverage. And what sort of "elected officials" were Mel Gibson, Rush Limbaugh and Bill Bennett?
She's right. The double standard is striking, isn't it?
In his monologue on Tuesday, Jay Leno made the same point. He ridiculed the media's silence.
LENO: Well, according to the National Enquirer, John Edwards' mistress is getting $15,000 a month in hush money. No word on how much the mainstream media is getting. They didn't say.
The joke really bombed but that could have something to do with the audience being in the dark on the story, making them unable to get the joke.
Of course, when Coulter writes about the Edwards scandal, it's classified as far Right-wing drivel, hateful and vindictive.
Like it or not, Leno and Coulter are on the same page on this one.
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