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National Enquirer stories: 28 news summaries

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ONLY A MATTER OF TIME DEPT.

 There's a Letterman 
 Sex Tape: Enquirer 

Security camera caught comic in 'compromising position' with staffer

Oct 21, 09 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Security-camera tape of David Letterman “in a compromising position” with a young female staffer is the next shoe to drop in the scandal surrounding the CBS late-night host, the National Enquirer reports. “Dave apparently didn’t know the location of the security cameras at his Late Night studios,... More »

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entertainment • CBS • late night talk show • National Enquirer • David Letterman • sex tape • Late Night • Regina Lasko • Robert Halderman • Stephanie Birkitt

Edwards Moves Former Mistress to NC: Enquirer

John wants to help
raise love child; wife Elizabeth enraged

Aug 19, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(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 “... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • North Carolina • affair • National Enquirer • love child • Rielle Hunter

(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... More »

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John Edwards • sex scandal • DNA • tabloids • National Enquirer • paternity test • political scandal • Rielle Hunter

 Brooke Settles 
 With Tabloid for 
 'Momnapping' 

National Enquirer will publicly apologize

Jun 7, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brooke Shields has settled with the National Enquirer after two tabloid journalists reportedly signed her mother out of her New Jersey nursing home last month, reports People. The tabloid has agreed not to publish the story, will publicly apologize, and will donate money to research on dementia, a condition from... More »

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dementia • tabloids • National Enquirer • Brooke Shields

Journos Sign Shields' Mom Out of Nursing Home

Enquirer accused of looking for scoop

May 16, 09 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - An outraged Brooke Shields says a pair of tabloid reporters hungry for a story checked her mother, a dementia sufferer, out of a nursing home earlier this week, People reports. Shields says police informed her that two National Enquirer reporters posing as her mother's friends signed her out of the... More »

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dementia • nursing homes • tabloids • National Enquirer • Alzheimer's Disease • Brooke Shields

Fawcett: False Tab Reports Add Pain to Cancer

Actress describes sting designed to catch leakers to Enquirer

May 11, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s battle with the prying media runs a close second to her battle with cancer. In an August interview with the Los Angeles Times published today, the actress slammed the National Enquirer’s often-inaccurate reporting of her condition and describes a sting she and her doctors designed to... More »

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media • paparazzi • National Enquirer • hospitalization • UCLA Medical Center • Farrah Fawcett • actress • anal cancer

Britney Picks Up New Fiancé at Subway: Report

Sandwich shop the scene of the proposal, says tab, beau's pilot

Apr 15, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Has Britney Spears traded a 21-year-old backup dancer for a 40-year-old real estate developer? Probably not, but that’s what multimillionaire John Sundahl’s personal pilot is telling the New York Daily News. “He got down on one knee in a Subway sandwich shop in Santa Monica,”... More »

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Britney Spears • National Enquirer • celebrity engagements

 Swayze Fires Back 
 at 'Negative' 
 Tabloids 

Actors slams reports that he's losing cancer fight

Mar 12, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze is sick of reading tabloid stories claiming he's losing his battle with pancreatic cancer, he tells Access Hollywood. The Beast star says that rather than being at death's door, he is responding well to a new course of chemotherapy, and he has plenty of positive things in his... More »

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tabloids • cancer treatment • pancreatic cancer • National Enquirer • actor • Patrick Swayze • The Beast

 Ripa, Hubby Deny Split Rumors 

Couple demands tabloid retraction

Dec 4, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos firmly denied break-up rumors, saying that the National Enquirer has “reached a new low,” E! Online reports. The tabloid ran a story claiming Consuelos, who snagged a correspondent spot on Oprah this year, has decided to set up shop permanently in Chicago and... More »

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celebrity • National Enquirer • daytime talk show • celebrity marriage • Kelly Ripa • Mark Consuelos

 Enquirer 'Catches' 
 Cindy McCain 
 in Tryst 

Tabloid says wife cheating for years on GOP candidate

Nov 12, 08 2:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The National Enquirer says it has caught Cindy McCain “passionately” locking lips with a long-haired, “washed-up ‘80s rock musician” type. The tabloid revealed its “world exclusive” spy photos—admittedly grainy—of the pair at a 2006 music festival in Phoenix. A Huffington Post reader shed doubt... More »

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John McCain • politics • marriage • presidential politics • affair • National Enquirer • Cindy McCain • campaign • cheating • Sarah Palin

 Edwards' 
 Mistress 
 Planning 
 Tell-All 


Fearing 'hush money' will dry up, Rielle Hunter turns to book deal $

Nov 5, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - John Edwards' former mistress is writing a tell-all book because she fears her "hush money" will dry up, reports the New York Daily News in a rundown of the National Enquirer's latest scoop on the fallen-from-grace Dem. An enterprising Enquirer reporter is said to have stolen one of her... More »

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John Edwards • affair • memoir • National Enquirer • book • celebrity tell-alls • Rielle Hunter

 She's Preggers Again: Enquirer  

If you believe the Enquirer, anyway

Oct 8, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Those scamps at the National Enquirer are reporting that Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant once again. It seems the young starlet believed she "couldn’t get pregnant while she was breastfeeding,” according to an anonymous “close source.” Spears and her mom are “hysterical” and... More »

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pregnancy • National Enquirer • Jamie Lynn Spears • celebrity pregnancy • teenager

Enquirer Editor Details Edwards Stakeouts

Tabloid chief slams NYT for missing huge story

Aug 22, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer scored big this month by accusing John Edwards of an extramarital affair—but it worked hard for the news, the New Republic reports. The tabloid's reporters staked out Rielle Hunter for days and spent hours waiting for Edwards in a Los Angeles hotel. When... More »

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John Edwards • sex scandal • journalism • tabloids • National Enquirer • Rielle Hunter

OPINION

Enquirer Boss: Edwards Saga 'Unzipped a New Era'

Mainstream media must reevaluate what news is, where it comes from

Aug 22, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - When John Edwards admitted that he had indeed had an extramarital affair, “the gnashing of teeth from mainstream journalists was so loud you could barely hear the sobs of everyone who posts for the Daily Kos,” writes victorious National Enquirer editor David Perel in the Huffington Post. The... More »

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John Edwards • media criticism • National Enquirer

OPINION

NC Paper: We Tried to Confirm Edwards Affair

Editor says coverage was spot on, given what reporters knew

Aug 13, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - There has been much hand-wringing over the mainstream media’s coverage—or lack thereof—of the John Edwards sex scandal, but the News & Observer of Raleigh thinks it got it right. In a blog post today, the executive editor explains that the paper took the Enquirer’s... More »

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media • John Edwards • newspaper • journalism • Raleigh • National Enquirer • Rielle Hunter

Rielle Hunter: High Profile,
Then Out of Sight

Former John Edwards mistress led varied, mysterious life

Aug 9, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards' former mistress has been a part of high-profile social circles in New York, and Los Angeles, but finding old friends willing to talk about the Rielle Hunter they knew is a tough task, the News & Observer reports. Hunter started out partying with a literary crowd in New... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • affair • National Enquirer • adultery • Rielle Hunter

OPINION

 Press Is Protecting Edwards 

To get the scoop, hit supermarket checkout line, not newsstand

Aug 8, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don't hold your breath waiting for the mainstream media to cover the John Edwards sex scandal. Despite mounting evidence over 9 months—and even photos in the National Enquirer—the newspapers are assiduously avoiding this story, complains contrarian commentator Alexander Cockburn in the Eureka Reporter, detailing the evidence. More »

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John Edwards • affair • National Enquirer • Rielle Hunter

 Dems: 'Say it
 Ain't So, John'

Convention role in Jeopardy unless Edwards settles mess

Aug 7, 08 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards is under increasing pressure from senior Democrats to address published reports he has been having an affair with a former campaign worker and is the father of her child. Edwards' status in the party and his role in the upcoming national convention are at stake, reports the Charlotte ... More »

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John Edwards • Democratic National Convention • affair • National Enquirer • Andrew Young • Rielle Hunter • campaign worker • paternity

Pics Surface of Edwards With 'Love Child'

National Enquirer publishes 'spy photo' from LA hotel meeting

Aug 6, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer, continuing its coverage of a child it claims former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards fathered during an extramarital affair, today published photos of Edwards holding the baby while visiting the child’s mother last month in Los Angeles. “His elaborate cover-up is unraveling at the seams,... More »

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John Edwards • National Enquirer • love child • Rielle Hunter

Edwards
Dodges Press Over Tabloid Questions

He gives reporters the slip at recent speech

Jul 31, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards apparently wants nothing to do with the press these days in the wake of tabloid reports that he was caught visiting a mistress and their love child, the News & Observer reports. After giving a speech at a Washington hotel, Edwards slipped out through a kitchen exit and... More »

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John Edwards • tabloids • National Enquirer • love child • political scandal

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