Charlotte Observer Praised In LA Times On Edwards Coverage

Story.

The circle-jerk of recriminations that the MSM is currently engaging in over the John Edwards affair has a few exceptions, one of them is the Charlotte Observer which won some praise from the Los Angeles Times:

The Charlotte Observer went further than most. The North Carolina newspaper recently broke the news that the birth certificate for Hunter's daughter did not list a father. On Thursday, the Observer published a story in which Democratic Party strategists said that Edwards needed to address the Enquirer reports or risk losing a speaking slot at the party's national convention this month.

Rick Thames, editor of the Observer, said the paper had decided it would be foolish not to acknowledge the story.

"It was the subject of late-night talk shows and certainly all over the Web," he said. "It was in our culture and in our faces, and to act as if it didn't exist would be to ignore reality.

"I don't know if others were confused by the fact that it seemed tawdry to follow a tip that began with a tabloid," he added. "The truth of the matter is journalists take tips from all sorts of sources, and some of them are unsavory. That's not so important as what you do with the tip."

I should note that although the Los Angeles Times says that the Observer went "further than most," the Observer only got involved in the late innings, and didn't bother to cover the entire game. At least they didn't miss the game entirely, though, like the rest of the MSM did.