A Nov. 12 NewsBusters post by P.J. Gladnick once again bashes the Los Angeles Times for not immediately jumping on the National Enquirer’s reports that John Edwards had an affair. Gladnick adds: “Of course, the real reason that the Times avoided the topic of the Edwards scandal was that they were worried that publicity about this would embarrass the Democrats since it still seemed that John Edwards would make an appearance at the Democrat convention in Denver.”
Curiously, Gladnick is not demanding that the Times immediately report the Enquirer’s newest claim — that Cindy McCain had an affair. Nor do we recall Gladnick or anyone else at NewsBusters demanding that the media report the Enquirer’s claims of a Sarah Palin affair.
We’ve previously written about the ConWeb’s double standard regarding tabloid rumors — trustworthy when they’re about liberals, but trashy when they’re about conservatives.