Edwards 'Love Child' Story Shows Press Double Standard

National Enquirer corners ex-candidate after LA rendezvous

(NEWSER) - The National Enquirer claims to have cornered and confronted John Edwards yesterday after a late-night tryst with the woman they have been saying for months is his mistress and the mother of his infant child. The tabloid says its reporters tracked Edwards as he entered a Los Angeles hotel through a side door and used a basement elevator; left the hotel and returned again with her; and left again at 2:40am. When confronted by Enquirer reporters, they say, he fled—and then hid in a bathroom and summoned security. More»

Edwards exposé a shoo-in for glory—but not for tabloid

(NEWSER) - By any sane measure, the unmasking of John Edwards as a philanderer who knocked up his mistress while his wife battled cancer was one of the all-time great scoops—except in determining the winners of yesterday's Pulitzer Prizes for journalism. "The media elite circled the wagons to exclude the scrappy, self-proclaimed supermarket tabloid," Emily Miller writes for the Washington Times . More»

John paying for Rielle Hunter's home; Elizabeth finally on board

(NEWSER) - After a DNA test—a secret one, of course—proved John Edwards is the father of Rielle Hunter’s baby, the two of them moved in just down the street in a $1 million home quaintly called Marsh Grass, the National Enquirer reports. The shamed pol is paying the $6,550-a-month rent for his former mistress and daughter, and the tab claims that Elizabeth Edwards, who famously refused to utter Hunter's name during her book tour earlier this year, has dropped her objections to the cozy arrangement. More»

John wants to help raise love child; wife Elizabeth enraged

(NEWSER) - John Edwards is moving his former mistress and their 18-month-old daughter into his North Carolina neighborhood, the National Enquirer reports. Sources tell the tabloid that the former Democratic presidential candidate is determined to be involved in raising his child with Rielle Hunter. Edwards’ wife, Elizabeth, is said to have “exploded in a rage” at the news. More»

(NEWSER) - A new DNA test proves John Edwards is the father of ex-mistress Rielle Hunter's daughter, the National Enquirer reports. (Yep, it's the Enquirer, but remember they broke news of the affair before any of the mainstream media and forced Edwards into a televised confession.) And it gets worse: Hunter recently testified against Edwards before a grand jury investigating whether he illegally funneled campaign funds to her, the tabloid says. More»