The other Edwards casualty

It wasn't just John Edwards' political career that took a hit from the National Enquirer scoop. The mainstream media took a real body blow. By ignoring the evidence of Edwards' foolin' around -- heck, "ignoring" isn't the word for it -- they suppressed it as long as they could. Anyway, by sitting on that story as long as they did, they proclaimed to their dwindling customer base that they didn't care what people want to know about; they have their own agenda to follow. And embarrassing a progressive Democrat wasn't about to make its way to their to-do list.

Which leaves it to the Drudges, the bloggers, and talk radio to give the people what they want.