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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 8/9/2008
The Early Word: Examining the Edwards Delay
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With Senator Barack Obama in Hawaii, the media have plenty of time to focus on why they did not focus on the John Edwards affair story sooner.

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The Corner on National Review Online:  The Edwards Media Angle, Cont'd

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The Edwards Media Angle, Cont'd
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] Last night I predicted that news organizations would begin explaining that they were aggressively reporting the Edwards story and were just this close to reporting it when Edwards short-circuited the process by admitting his affair. Some organizations have done that, but some are 'fessing up that they didn't really try. From the New York Times"The Caucus" blog today: The Times s Richard P rez-Pe a and Bill Carter look into why many news organizations, including this one, did not devote major resources to pursuing the story: The New York Times looked into the Enquirer ...

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