Gagging bloggers doesn't necessarily mean they won't investigate it. Maybe they, I dunno, want to make sure they have their facts straight? Given that this would be a huge story I think that's appropriate. There is still a difference between blogging and actual reporting.

They have shown such restraint and integrity in the past.

Diogenes: Given that this would be a huge story

it would be?

Edwards is toast.

or they realized where politicians stick their dick is firmly planted in Who gives a fark territory?

that is if theres no tape of course.

I just can't believe he did it... You know, since it would have messed up his hair and all.

Headso: Diogenes: Given that this would be a huge story

it would be?

Regardless of what you or I think, it would become one.

cburkard: I just can't believe he did it... You know, since it would have messed up his hair and all.

Madewithrealbitsofpanther: or they realized where politicians stick their dick is firmly planted in Who gives a fark territory?

that is if theres no tape of course.

Media restraint? I think that ship sailed loooong ago.

Diogenes: Given that this would be a huge story I think that's appropriate.

Why would it be? Unless he committed a crime somewhere along the line, this really is only a huge story to him and his wife.

How does stopping bloggers until there are actual facts preclude the ability to investigate for actual facts?

/Moran

So the same tabloids that are reporting this are say that the Bushes will be getting a divorce because the President has been having an affair with Condi. How long should I wait for the La Times to investigate and then report on this story?

Diogenes: Regardless of what you or I think, it would become one.

I don't think anyone really gives a shiat about John Edwards, maybe if this all came out a few months ago..If you go out on the street and ask 100 people who John Edwards is 75 would say "f*ck all if I know" 22 would say "that guy who talks to dead people" and 3 would give you the answer you are looking for...

because we live such miserable and depressing lives the american public loves the soap opera drama of our politicians? I can't wait till a few years into the Obama presidency, that dude's gotta be getting tail left and right

Headso: Diogenes: Given that this would be a huge story

it would be?

This.

In today's media atmosphere where anything goes, censoring bloggers from their opinions (granted, most are partisan asshats), this reeks of protecting a liberal democrats, even though it most likely isn't. Dumb move.

i wonder what mathew broderick's mistress looks like. did the LA Times run a picture?

Edwards and/or the story itself are not what would make it "huge." It would be the dogpile and the average person's prurience.

But that wasn't really the point I was trying to make. My point was about the Times.

It's a story if Edwards is being considered for Veep or DA. If he is tarnished by a "cheated on cancer wife" story then Obama will not feel comfortable appointing him.

nah, couldn't find one. but a blogger did post a story on her
Link (new window)

who cares about him and why didn't they respect his privacy? an affair has nothing to do with his fitness as an actor.

Lemme get this straight: Fark's proprietor writes a book complaining about how the media covers meaningless shiat, then greenlights links complaining about the media NOT covering meaningless shiat.

A little consistency, please.

TofuTheAlmighty: Lemme get this straight: Fark's proprietor writes a book complaining about how the media covers meaningless shiat, then greenlights links complaining about the media NOT covering meaningless shiat.

A little consistency, please.

Touche

LA times? Do people still read that paper?

albo: i wonder what mathew broderick's mistress looks like. did the LA Times run a picture?

In fact they did run her picture.




/the one on the left

TofuTheAlmighty: Lemme get this straight: Fark's proprietor writes a book complaining about how the media covers meaningless shiat, then greenlights links complaining about the media NOT covering meaningless shiat.

A little consistency, please.

Yes, because Drew personally reviews all submissions and decides not only which ones get greenlit, but writes the headlines himself.

Eenie meanie miney mo
Catch John Edwawrds with his ho
If he hollers "ya'll don't know!"
You better have some pics to show

Cat Food Sandwiches: Edwards is toast.

And not the delicious kind with strawberry jam, but the kind that falls butter-side down onto a cat.

TofuTheAlmighty:


Lemme get this straight: Fark's proprietor writes a book complaining about how the media covers meaningless shiat, then greenlights links complaining about the media NOT covering meaningless shiat.

A little consistency, please.

You think manure salesmen like the smell?

/agrees it would not be a "big story"
//hlinked

Didn't the LA times refer to Barack Obama as "Barack the Magic Negro"?

/What a catchy song.

Headso: Diogenes: Given that this would be a huge story

it would be?

To the 24-hour news networks it would be. They have to fill that time with SOMETHING, and it sure as heck isn't going to be in-depth non-partisan analysis of actual issues.

/Still haven't figured out why not, in truth.

TofuTheAlmighty: Lemme get this straight: Fark's proprietor writes a book complaining about how the media covers meaningless shiat, then greenlights links complaining about the media NOT covering meaningless shiat.

This is Fark, not Foreign Policy Review and Hermeneutics Monthly

the rules for submitting are:

1. be funny
2. be clever
3. be funny and clever and work hookers and blow into the headline

Won't someone think about the woman dying of cancer that John Edwards is cheating on?

If the women involved in this story (wife/supposed mistress) were making accusations there would be something to write about. As far as I've seen, they aren't.

albo: the rules for submitting are:

1. be funny
2. be clever
3. be funny and clever and work hookers and blow into the headline

4. Failing that just recycle old jokes

Won't someone think about the woman dying of cancer that John Edwards is cheating on?

I'd hit it. If she's still alive or only recently deceased.

Diogenes: Yes, because Drew personally reviews all submissions and decides not only which ones get greenlit, but writes the headlines himself.

So the CEO's not responsible for his company's product. No wonder Ford and GM execs are making out like bandits.

albo: TofuTheAlmighty: Lemme get this straight: Fark's proprietor writes a book complaining about how the media covers meaningless shiat, then greenlights links complaining about the media NOT covering meaningless shiat.

This is Fark, not Foreign Policy Review and Hermeneutics Monthly

the rules for submitting are:

1. be funny
2. be clever
3. be funny and clever and work hookers and blow into the headline

This is, what, the fourth or fifth Edwards affair link greenlit in two days, including two to Mickey "Goat Blower" Kaus. Not only is the shiat repetitive, it's lacking the funny.

Just use the time-honoured Ian Hislop defense.
Say whatever the hell you want about someone, and then suffix it with:

TofuTheAlmighty: This is, what, the fourth or fifth Edwards affair link greenlit in two days, including two to Mickey "Goat Blower" Kaus. Not only is the shiat repetitive, it's lacking the funny.

maybe you should ignore it, then. Fark has a bunch of other tabs with hundred or more links posted every day. i'm sure you'll find one you like, such as:

(Interesting) "Relevant issue raised in serious manner, substantive discussion ensues. Your dog wants dog food, as all dogs should"

soy_bomb: Won't someone think about the woman dying of cancer that John Edwards is cheating on?

I know - you're concerned, aren't you?

I'm as surprised by human folly and vanity as I am interested in it. Which, foolishly and vainly, sometimes is a little. I googlied the woman in question to make my pronouncement on her superficial desirability which will be delivered shortly all the major news agencies but I'll break the news here:

meh.

And that's not even weighing the risk factor. Ah, we could forever argue what beauty is but that's what Foobies is for.

degreeless: LA times? Do people still read that paper?

Actually, no. They're firing people literally every month (new window) and it's still not enough to right the ship. Expect to see it go under or bought out by a Rupert Murdoch type very soon.

I heard that John Edwards spends so much time on his hair to compensate for something else.

TofuTheAlmighty: Diogenes: Yes, because Drew personally reviews all submissions and decides not only which ones get greenlit, but writes the headlines himself.

So the CEO's not responsible for his company's product. No wonder Ford and GM execs are making out like bandits.

Maybe "our" CEO is a smart guy who knows how to turn a profit on such mockery of the media.

My point was that the content of Fark is a communal effort.

Diogenes: maybe you should ignore it, then. Fark has a bunch of other tabs with hundred or more links posted every day. i'm sure you'll find one you like, such as:

(Interesting) "Relevant issue raised in serious manner, substantive discussion ensues. Your dog wants dog food, as all dogs should"
You're dodging my original comment (unsurprisingly, since there's no way to honestly rebut it). Fark's elevation of not-news is terribly entertaining, more so since it's done in a tongue-in-cheek manner. But this specific feeding frenzy isn't intentionally ironic, it's crossed into blatantly hypocritical. Which is fine; this is Drew's site, I'll still come back day after day, and Fark will get credit for the page clicks. I just felt the need to point out the absurdity.

Leave the farking man's hair out of it ferchrissakes.

If you had hair like that you could bang strange women too. But ya don't! So LAY OFF THE HAIR!

I don't know, his new woman is way hotter than his wife.

Flying Lasagna Monster: I don't know, his new woman is way hotter than his wife.

Dude, you're sick....

I admire that quality in you.

Does he have the curled mouth? That is always a sign of an adulterous politician. For example: