tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33298369.post8078121940528186817..comments2023-05-27T08:30:40.494-04:00Comments on ItsFourthAndLong: Senator Edwards Explains America and SexDoug Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114023882957925016noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33298369.post-91027815060133520082008-08-09T17:52:00.000-04:002008-08-09T17:52:00.000-04:00Well put, Doug.What amazes me is how the mainstrea...Well put, Doug.<BR/><BR/>What amazes me is how the mainstream media sat on its collective ass ever since the National Enquirer broke this story last fall -- and they're clearly still reluctant to report on it.<BR/><BR/>I'm so fed up with the incessant handwringing about whether this asshat is now a private citizen and whether the incidents were sufficiently proven. The Enquirer nailed this story good and proper, same as they nailed stories about Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson.<BR/><BR/>The New York Times didn't seem to have any qualms about running that phony story about John McCain and the alleged affair with the lobbyist. Nor did CBS hesitate to run Dan Rather's flawed story about George W. Bush's service record.<BR/><BR/>So why the reluctance in the case of Edwards? I believe much of the problem is that members of the mainstream media are under the pathetic delusion that they are in the same social stratum as these corrupt power-brokers simply because the media are tolerated at parties, dinners and invited on junkets. They view Edwards as one of their own.<BR/><BR/>I work in the mainstream media and I'm amazed that others in my business fail to see the damage that ignoring the Edwards case for so long has done to their credibility.<BR/><BR/>If the mainstream media held off on the Edwards story for so long, doesn't that make you wonder what else they've decided that we don't need to know about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com