1) He's not a "public" figure any longer. Actually Edwards was vying hard for some position with Obama inc. He most certainly was a public figure. In addition, this isn't a story that occurred in July, it was a rumor for over a year when he very much was a public figure.
2) It's a "private" affair. It now appears very possible Edwards was paying off this skank with money donated to his very public campaign. In addition, it also appears that Sir Johnny elicited the help of supporters to launder money to his ho. Again, the public has every right to know all this.
3) No one had corroborating evidence. This one is probably true. After all, if you refuse to actually investigate a rumor you're not going to find any corroborating evidence. If the Washington Post would have just had Woodward & Berstein sit in their offices until corroborating evidence miraculously appeared, they never would have broke Watergate.
I lay all that out as the back drop for what appears to be the only credible print news media outlet, The National Enquirer.
They have another expose on Groaning Loins Edwards.
After Edwards confessed the affair to his wife, he restarted it, and was sexually involved with Rielle when she became pregnant.
Despite his denials, Edwards WAS aware that his former finance committee chairman, Fred Baron, was funneling money to Rielle.
Experts are now calling for a federal investigation into Edwards' use of campaign funds.
In an interview with ABC's Nightline correspondent Bob Woodruff on Aug. 8, the former North Carolina senator admitted for the first time that he engaged in what he called a "short" extramarital affair with campaign worker Rielle Hunter.
Edwards told ABC the affair was limited to 2006, before he confessed "the mistake" to wife Elizabeth, 59, who is battling a recurrence of breast cancer.
But Edwards denied he's the father of Rielle's daughter, who was born on Feb. 27, 2008. The ENQUIRER reported last December that Hunter had told close confidantes that he was the father.
In denying he fathered Rielle's baby, Edwards told ABC that he would "be happy" to take a paternity test to prove he's telling the truth. (He has refused numerous previous requests by The ENQUIRER to take a paternity test.)
Edwards claimed he ended the affair in 2006, but sources say he restarted the illicit romance after confessing to his wife.
Rielle soon became pregnant after the affair was rekindled, say sources.
The ongoing ENQUIRER investigation has also confirmed that he has been with Rielle and the baby three times this year in California.
I guess the New York Times will have to await for another Friday night interview with Edwards where he admits to being only 98% honest before they report the story.
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