In One Week, ABC Devotes 12 Minutes to Edwards; Again Skips New Detail

May 7th, 2009 4:59 PM
On Thursday's "Good Morning America," for the third time in less than a week, the morning show featured a sympathetic story on Elizabeth Edwards and how she is coping with the affair of husband John Edwards, this time touting a appearance on the May 7 "Oprah Winfrey Show." In total, GMA has devoted 12 minutes and 25 seconds to the subject, but still managed to skip a key development in the case.…

The Elizabeth Edwards Pity Party

May 6th, 2009 6:14 PM
Elizabeth Edwards has hit the chat show circuit to hawk her new memoir “Resilience.”  Her interview with Oprah airs Thursday.  Elizabeth has some important lessons to teach the young women of today.  The most important of these lessons is to be nothing like her, though I’m pretty sure that’s not the message she is trying to send.Typically, when someone whines about his or her circumstances, I…

CBS ‘Early Show’ Forgets Dem Label For John Edwards

May 6th, 2009 5:58 PM
While a segment on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show reported on an upcoming book by Elizabeth Edwards in which she discusses her reaction to husband John Edwards having an affair, at no time was Edwards’ Democratic Party affiliation mentioned. Co-host Maggie Rodriguez began the story: "But first, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former presidential candidate, John Edwards, is about to release a memoir called…

John Edwards Flashback: Praised by Rolling Stone as the 'Real Liberal

May 6th, 2009 8:16 AM
How the mighty have fallen.John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, are back in the news because of a book written by the latter about her philandering husband.  Even the New York Times which less than a year ago shunned any mention of the John Edwards scandal which was all over the Blogosphere has weighed in on his fate in the form of a Maureen Dowd column:Elizabeth Edwards would have made a…

ABC Ignores Own Role In Playing up 'Myth' of Perfect Edwards Couple

May 1st, 2009 12:50 PM
"Good Morning America" weekend anchor Kate Snow on Friday filed a report on Elizabeth Edwards' new book about her husband's infidelity. The ABC journalist ignored the media's role in creating a "myth" about the marriage between Elizabeth and John Edwards, the former senator. Snow noted that Mrs. Edwards knew of her husband's affair prior to his 2008 Democratic presidential campaign and…

In '04, Peter Jennings Told Mrs. Edwards 'How Real...How Refreshing' S

September 12th, 2008 4:52 PM

CBS: Elizabeth Edwards Not Motivated By ‘Craven Ambition

August 14th, 2008 6:32 PM
On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez talked to People magazine correspondent Sandra Westfall, who recently interviewed friends and family of Elizabeth Edwards who: "...wanted to put out there that she wasn't this wind-up doll that went on stage and let the campaign continue out of some sort of craven ambition, but that she really was going through a lot of anguish." That despite…

'People': Elizabeth Edwards Authorized Friend to Attack John Over Nigh

August 13th, 2008 11:24 PM
Elizabeth Edwards authorized a friend to attack John Edwards over his infamous "she was in remission" interview on Nightline.  That's the stunning assertion of Sandra Westfall, the "People" magazine writer who authored the article [excerpt here] containing the friend's crticism. Westfall was a guest on tonight's Verdict with Dan Abrams.DAN ABRAMS: Sandra, let me start with you. Is it fair to say…

In 2007 Debate, CNN Asked Edwards About His 'Biggest Sin

August 13th, 2008 9:14 AM
In the wake of the John Edwards affair, here's another archival nugget, the CNN-Sojourners debate, to portray the Democratic contenders as deeply religious, from June 4, 2007. The final question for Edwards, intended as a light puffball? His biggest sin, a question he refused to answer with specifics:  SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: Senator, I'm going to have you sit while I ask you another question, if you…

CNN’s Alina Cho: Mrs. Edwards ‘One of the Most Beloved Women in Am

August 12th, 2008 12:33 PM
CNN correspondent Alina Cho gushed over Elizabeth Edwards, the cancer-stricken wife of the former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, during a top-of-the-hour breaking news segment about possible new details in the John Edwards affair story on Tuesday’s American Morning: "Now, [John] Edwards, as many people know, has admitted he made a ‘serious error in judgment’ when he had the…

ABC's Roberts: Elizabeth Edwards an 'Icon of Strength

August 11th, 2008 3:04 PM

Elizabeth Edwards Apologizes to America...at Daily Kos

August 9th, 2008 10:31 AM
Want to know just how beholden Democrats are to the ultra-left members of their Party?Well, consider that Elizabeth Edwards actually posted an apology for her husband's affair -- as well as her own complicity in hiding it from people that were working for and supporting his presidential campaign -- at the extreme-left website Daily Kos.Imagine that.Here are some highlights (emphasis added, h/t…

Flashback to July 2007: ABC Coos Over ‘Presidential Nominee’ John

August 8th, 2008 4:09 PM
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," anchors Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer touted the marital relationship between Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife. Co-host Robin Roberts recounted the often repeated story of how the Edwards couple spend their wedding anniversary, including their recent 30th, at the restaurant Wendy’s. Roberts, perhaps in a Freudian slip, even…

ABC's Robin Roberts Again Puffs 'Powerful Voice' of Elizabeth Edwards

June 23rd, 2008 12:39 PM
On Monday's "Good Morning America," co-host Robin Roberts again interviewed Elizabeth Edwards and lauded her as a "powerful voice" on the issue of health care. The journalist never identified Edwards, the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, as a "liberal voice" on the subject or questioned the rightness of government run health care. Roberts also failed to ask just…