The blogosphere is chattering with the news of John Edward’s love child that he is accused of fathering and sneaking into see at an LA hotel while being pursued by a reporter for the National Enquirer. The rumor is as seedy as it gets and there may be an explanation. I will assume there is.

But as Erick Erickson comments in his excellent blog, Confessions of a Political Junkie, the large or legitimate media should be called to task for ignoring this story while going to press with a much less legitimate rumor of John McCain’s alleged encouter with a lobbyist, which has in fact been discredited.

While sources such as the Enquirer or Drudge are often criticized for sleaze they have in fact broken major stories that the ‘legitimate media’ had to play catchup with.

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