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.