When true rumors of Bill Clinton’s affair circulate, Newsweek quashes the story. When unsubstantiated rumors circulate about John Kerry having an affair, they get picked up by the Drudge Report, NY Post, and British tabloids. When unsubstantiated rumors circulate about John Edwards having an affair, they get published in the National Enquirer. Only when rumors, unsupported by any evidence, concern a Republican candidate for president does the NY Times pick up the story and publish it on the front page. To be fair, the NY Times did run one article about the alleged affair involving John Kerry . . . five days after the story broke, on page 19, under the headline, “Subject of Campaign Rumor Denies She and Kerry Had an Affair.”
