Politics | John Edwards Press Is Protecting Edwards To get the scoop, hit supermarket checkout line, not newsstand By Caroline Miller Posted Aug 8, 2008 12:54 PM CDT Copied Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards from North Carolina, right, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo) Don't hold your breath waiting for the mainstream media to cover the John Edwards sex scandal. Despite mounting evidence over 9 months—and even photos in the National Enquirer—the newspapers are assiduously avoiding this story, complains contrarian commentator Alexander Cockburn in the Eureka Reporter, detailing the evidence. Cockburn blasts the "respectable" press for its reticence, noting: "The New York Times, nine weeks away from running a long, highly speculative story about John McCain’s possible relationship with the much-younger Vicki Iseman, kept its mouth shut, as did the rest of the mainstream press." Read These Next New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Actor Sam Rockwell gets residuals from movie he wasn't in. Report an error