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Video: See How The John Edwards Hotel Ambush Went Down

Chris Jones — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:51:11 +0000

Mainstream Media Running For Cover After Ignoring Edwards Scandal

Chris Jones — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:37:15 +0000

Most Americans know the media is totally corrupt, and the refusal to cover the John Edwards scandal was the final straw. Now the mainstream media is running for cover while offering a wide range of excuses, but assuring readers that “liberal bias” had absolutely nothing to do with it — nothing at all.

I think Jennifer Rubin at Commentary Magazine said it best:

The Edwards mess is the most recent and visible, but hardly unique, example of the mainstream media’s hear no evil/see no evil approach to newsgathering. How many other stories has the MSM missed, denied or avoided? From Rathergate to Reverend Wright to the success of the surge, the pattern is the same: MSM stalls, shuffles its collective feet, and doggedly ignores information for as long as possible until they can no longer do so with a straight face. The fact that these stories without exception work to the detriment of Democrats is apparently a grand coincidence.

I don’t think the excuses are gonna hold any water with the vast majority of Americans this time. The Edwards story was a defining moment for the mainstream press and they failed miserably. Journalistic standards seem to only matter when the subject of a story happens to be a liberal Democrat.

Howard Kurtz sums up the absurdity of the MSM pretty well in his column this morning:

When critics, especially on the right, accused the media of protecting a Democrat because of liberal bias, journalists were unable to respond, because to do so would be to acknowledge the very thing they were declining to report.

Probably the most laughable excuse that continues to come up over and over again is the Elizabeth Edwards factor. The media was hesitant to cover the story out of sympathy and respect for Elizabeth Edwards given her battle with cancer.

Wow, I had no idea the media was so compassionate. When did this start? Seems a little convenient that the blood sucking vampires that make up the mainstream press had a sudden attack of conscience. The fact that John Edwards is a long time favorite of the far left is a complete coincidence — honesty, I swear.

Maybe I’m just being too cynical. When you really think about it, this sudden attack of conscience by the media may have started before the Edwards scandal. The media didn’t want to cover Rathergate out of respect for Dan Rather’s long and illustrious career. I can only assume the refusal to cover the success of the surge was out of respect for all the slain insurgents. Using the same rationale, I’m guessing that reluctance to cover Rev. Wright in the beginning was out of respect for the church.

It’s all starting to make sense now — or not.

Here’s the best excuse pieces of the day:

Howard Kurtz

L.A. Times

N.Y. Times

-Chris Jones

Statement From John Edwards

Chris Jones — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:03:42 +0000

Here’s the full text of the statement issued by John Edwards regarding his affair.

August 8, 2008

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public. When a supermarket tabloid told a version of the story, I used the fact that the story contained many falsities to deny it. But being 99% honest is no longer enough.

I was and am ashamed of my conduct and choices, and I had hoped that it would never become public. With my family, I took responsibility for my actions in 2006 and today I take full responsibility publicly. But that misconduct took place for a short period in 2006. It ended then. I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established. I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby.

It is inadequate to say to the people who believed in me that I am sorry, as it is inadequate to say to the people who love me that I am sorry. In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up – feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help.

I have given a complete interview on this matter and having done so, will have nothing more to say.

I have to give credit to Edwards for noticing how egocentric and narcissistic he was and still is. The only people who bought in to John Edwards ‘man of the people’ routine were Democrats. Conservatives could see what a fraud he was from day one. Running around the country going on ‘poverty tours’ and blaming the President for 250,000 people allegedly sleeping on grates, and under bridges, was totally absurd.

John Edwards has no business lecturing anyone about anything. Not only is he a liar, a fraud, and a hypocrite, but what kind of person cheats on his sick wife?

It looks like he should think about returning that Father Of The Year Award.

EDWARDS ADMITS AFFAIR

Chris Jones — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:20:58 +0000

In an interview to air tonight on ABC, John Edwards admits to having affair and admits he lied about it.

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

He also acknowledges that his wife was unaware of his meeting at the hotel where he was confronted by reporters from The National Enquirer.

Edwards is denying the report that he paid Hunter any money to keep quite, but says it’s possible some of his friends or surrogates paid her money.

L.A. Times Blog Acknowledges Edwards Scandal By Posting A Link — Now That’s Brave

Chris Jones — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:53:14 +0000

I just love how all of the sudden the media is suffering an attack of conscience. 365 days a year the media act like soulless vultures feasting on every aspect of the lives of public figures — especially conservative ones. Facts have long been irrelevant, all the media has ever needed is a whiff of speculation for a front page story.

Remember the NY Times attack on John McCain? A couple of unnamed disgruntled former aides said that maybe he could have had an inappropriate affair with a lobbyist. No one saw an affair, heard about an affair, or caught McCain having an affair with the lobbyist, but the word of two former aides that it could have happened is all the Times needed for a front page story.

Some months later John Edwards, Mr. Poverty, Mr. liberal Democrat gets busted by reporters at 2:00 am visiting his love child and mistress. He runs and hides out in the men’s room until security can escort him from the building and no one in the media dares breathe a word about it. The L.A. times, NY Times, and every other media outlet is suddenly concerned with “getting all the facts” and not “rushing to judgment.”

Fox News interviewed the security guard at the hotel who rescued Edwards from the bathroom and he confirmed what the National Enquirer originally reported. Still the media remains silent, not comfortable that all the facts are in yet.

Give me a break! This is one of the most incredible examples of media corruption in history. It’s so obvious that the media is treating this with kid gloves, because it’s John Edwards. If this story would’ve been about Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, or anyone with an (R) next to their name this would have been front page coast to coast.

Finally the LA Times blog acknowledges the story not by posting it, but putting up a link with a caveat.

We have decided to post, on Top of the Ticket, an item and link to a Charlotte Observer report, quoting Democratic supporters of Edwards on the record as saying that they think he needs to address the National Enquirer report if he hopes to speak at the convention. While we have stayed away from that Enquirer report, because we couldn’t confirm it, this strikes us as a legitimate story — that on-the-record Dems, including a former Edwards campaign manager, are criticizing Edwards’ decision to stay mum on the topic and saying it might affect his credibility enough that he wouldn’t get a speaking slot at the convention. (Those speaking slots haven’t been decided yet, the party says.)

So the LA Times still refuses to cover the story, but acknowledges that Edwards may not be able to speak at the Democratic convention because of the story — the story they won’t cover.

I actually think the media’s continued refusal to cover the story is beginning to eclipse the story itself. John Edwards is being allowed a free pass for his abhorrent behavior and outrageous hypocrisy.

This clown is in the running for VP or Attorney General and he thinks nothing of cheating on his wife while she’s sick with cancer? Maybe it’s just me, but that’s sure as hell not change I can believe in.

(hat tip Jossip)

(image via Co-Ed Magazine)

Video: Birth Certificate Surfaces In John Edwards ‘Love Child’ Scandal

Chris Jones — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:02:49 +0000

Edwards Scandal Update: Mistress Being Paid $15,000 A Month

Chris Jones — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:36:01 +0000

Yep, it’s time for another juicy update about “Mr. Poverty’s” scandal. I’m of course referring to the John Edwards scandal that the media is in denial about. New revelations are surfacing thanks to top notch investigating by The National Enquirer.

The latest news is that John Edwards has been secretly paying Rielle Hunter (the mistress) $15,000 a month as part hush money and part child support. To keep the payments hidden, Edwards has been funneling the money through a wealthy friend closely tied to his campaign. He’s also been funneling large amounts of cash to former campaign aide Andrew Young. Young is the guy who came forward and falsely claimed that he was the father of Rielle Hunter’s child.

According to The Enquirer, the baby’s name is Frances Quinn Hunter and she was born at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

As I’ve pointed out many, many, times it’s totally outrageous and corrupt that the media (with the exception of Fox News) is continuing to ignore this story. Even Wikipedia (that bastion of truth and honesty) has locked John Edward’s profile to keep any hint of this scandal off his profile.

The media blackout of this story is fast becoming a bigger scandal than the scandal itself. Had this not been a far-left hack like Edwards but a Republican it would be one of the biggest stories of 2008. Substitute Mitt Romney for John Edwards and it would have been in Wikipedia first and on the front page of the NY Times next.

The media’s continued double standard and hypocrisy on this story is breathtaking. John Edwards is a possible V.P. or Attorney General pick for Barack Obama, but a sex scandal/love child/cover-up while his wife is at home with cancer is not news? You’ve gotta be f*cking kidding me.

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