National Enquirer not through with John Edwards
August 15th, 2008 by Scott Marks
From the folks that broke the Jesse Jackson lovechild story, literally caught Bill Clinton with his pants down and had, short of E!’s riveting nightly trial reenactments and the best damn O.J. coverage on the planet is about to hammer a few more nails into John Edwards‘ coffin.
Now that the ex-presidential hopeful has admitted to having an affair, it’s still remains difficult for many so-called “legitimate” news organizations to give the Enquirer its due. The Associated Press has finally decided to report that Fred Baron, Edwards’ national finance chairman, has been secretly sending his pal’s mistress/documentary “filmmaker” Rielle Hunter a little walking around money. The Enquirer brought us this story on August 4.
The New York Times once commended the “rag” for their superb coverage of the O.J. trial. In this article about lawyers possibly covering up the Edwards’ affair, the Times won’t even dignify the NE, writing off its dogged investigative coverage as “tabloid reports” and never once referencing the paper by name.
The Times reports, “last December on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, two lawyers surfaced with written statements that appeared to exonerate the candidate.” Both Robert J. Gordon and Pamela J. Marple both stated in writing that Ms. Hunter’s baby could not possibly have been fathered by Mr. Edwards. The newspaper of record suggests Mr. Gordon and Miss Marple “were part of an orchestrated effort to protect (Mr. Edwards), one that is continuing even after he admitted last week that he had an affair with Ms. Hunter but denied that he fathered her child.”
The National Enquirer dumped wads of cash into uncovering John Edwards’ secret life, but according to the tabloid’s Executive Editor Barry Levine, it’s chickenfeed compared to “the enormous amounts we know Edwards is spending to keep it contained.”
In an interview with the New York Post’s resident yente Cindy Adams, Levine emphasized, “We’ve followed the money trail. He bought her a $1 million house in North Carolina. Few days before our headlines forced him to go public, he spent $150,000 just on a private plane to whisk her to some undisclosed place. She was moved in the middle of the night. Lots of money is being spent to keep her happy and away from the media.”
Face it Johnny, the newspaper has enough hard evidence to hang both you and Ms. Hunter. You’ll need a tanker of Grecian Formula if your Young “beard” is to to maintain a healthy appearance. Levine laughs off the idea that the father of Hunter’s love child is Edwards’ loyalist Andrew Young. “Young brought his wife and children to visit this lady Rielle Hunter,” Levine said. “Now, nobody brings his wife and kids to have a nice social meeting with his mistress. It’s ridiculous.”
The paper is still “sitting on very exclusive material” and Levine assure us, “We’ll stay on this one forever.”
I want to know!
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