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Edwards, Spitzer And The Palin Frenzy

By Michael Crowley

September 3, 2008

Testing amniotic fluid? The media might have launched into a Sarah Palin feeding frenzy no matter what. But surely the fact that many--and maybe all!--of the National Enquirer's craziest charges about John Edwards were right is playing a major role here. Likewise Eliot Spitzer's astounding self-destruction. There's a sense in newsrooms these days that you simply can't discount a good rumor anymore, however wild....  

--Michael Crowley

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