US media wakes up to Edwards scandal

It has taken a grainy photograph obtained under mysterious circumstances, but finally the mainstream media in the US has deigned to cover the story that the prominent Democrat, John Edwards, a possible running mate for Barack Obama, allegedly has a love child. When scandal sheet the National Enquirer broke a story last month claiming that Edwards was having an affair with Reille Hunter, a 44-year-old Democrat campaign worker, and may be the father of her daughter, Frances, the rest of the American press steered well clear of it. As The First Post reported, there were suspicions that the liberal media wanted to kill the story stone dead. But the Enquirer has followed up with more alleged evidence - the indistinct photograph of Edwards, whose wife Elizabeth is fighting breast cancer, cuddling the baby in a Los Angeles hotel... [read full story]