The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : "Tabloid Trash"?

Our counterparts over at the Corner seem to have gone all sniffy over how the John Edwards “love child” story is “tabloid trash,” even if true. This strikes me as the logical contrapositive ot Dan Rather’s assertion that “the story is true” despite his embrace of forged documents about George W.’s National Guard service.

In both cases, you can’t make something out of nothing. Dan Rather had a whole lot of nothing. The National Enquirer has a whole lot of something.

If what the Enquirer has hold of seems trashy, then perhaps John Edwards ought not to behave that way. As a perpetually public man who has made professions of devotion to his sick wife, Edwards deserves the attention, if he has fallen so spectacularly short of his stated ideals.

Our Corner counterparts ought to be beating their connections for verification of the story, not getting all delicate about it.

About the Author

Lawrence Henry writes every week from North Andover, Massachusetts.

http://spectator.org/blog/2008/07/25/tabloid-trash

FLASHBACK TO: 1995

Pope Culture

By George Sim Johnston

A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck

By P.J. O'Rourke

Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
Dames at Sea

By John Corry
In the Absence of Guns

By Mark Steyn

In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
The Metaphysical Martini

By Werner J. Dannhauser
Counting the Costs of Clintonism

By Robert H. Bork

The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
Chuck McHagel

By George Neumayr

It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted

By Douglas Bartholomew
It’s the Best Time of the Year

By Mark Steyn

The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
The Bush Crack-Up

By Brit Hume

Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?