This Week Panel: Women Politicians Don’t Have Sex Scandals
Christiane Amanpour assembled a panel of women to discuss why it's always the men that get entangled with sex scandals, and whether or not it could simply be explained by the fact that there are many more male politicians? Claire Shipman and Torie Clarke cited various research and anecdotal observations to argue...
New Rep. Weiner Sexting Buddy Emerges As Friend Sends Messages To Las Vegas Sun
A fifth woman has emerged late tonight in relation to the Rep. Anthony Weiner online sex scandal, this time through no fault of her own. Traci Nobles of Athens, Georgia mistakenly left her Facebook account open near her roommate, who without her knowledge sent exchanges between the Congressman and Rep. Weiner to the Las...
Lawrence O’Donnell Warns O’Reilly To Avoid ‘Weinergate’ By Waving ‘04 Sex Scandal Affidavit
Lawrence O'Donnell unveiled a new aphorism tonight upon which he declared the nation turned: "if you are a white man, you are going to have your own TV show in America... eventually," along with your own sex scandal. With "Weinergate" running on all cylinders, O'Donnell used this rule of life against timeslot neighbor
Howard Kurtz: CNN Leaving Spitzer Out Of Political Sex Scandal Story Is ‘Airbrushing History’
A recent story on CNN reviewed various political sex scandals in history and strangely didn't mention a former New York Governor who just so happens to host a nightly show on CNN. CNN's own Howard Kurtz similarly noticed the "glaring omission" and didn't hesitate to criticize his own network.
Eliot Spitzer’s CNN Debate On Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal Surprisingly Not Awkward
Every time a political figure has a sex scandal, CNN is going to have to smoothly maneuver around the fact that they hired former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. If they don't mention him (or he doesn't discuss the news), the network will be accused of bias-- and if they do, it reignites...
Um, Forget Anybody? CNN Story On Political Sex Scandals Makes Significant Omission: Eliot Spitzer
Oops. In a story on political sex scandals that aired on CNN Newsroom Tuesday, Suzanne Malveaux made mention of a long list of high-profile sex scandals, from the currently unfolding Schwarzenegger-Shriver story all the way back to John F. Kennedy. The story made mention of John Edwards, Larry Craig, Bill Clinton and Newt...
Um, Forget Anybody? CNN Story On Political Sex Scandals Makes Significant Omission: Eliot Spitzer
Oops. In a story on political sex scandals that aired on CNN Newsroom Tuesday, Suzanne Malveaux made mention of a long list of high-profile sex scandals, from the currently unfolding Schwarzenegger-Shriver story all the way back to John F. Kennedy. The story made mention of John Edwards, Larry Craig, Bill Clinton and Newt...
David Weigel: Handling Of Souder Staffer Affair Shows GOP Is ‘Better At Politics’ Than Democrats
Silver lining for Republicans? Visiting Keith Olbermann tonight to talk about the details of pro-abstinence Republican Rep. Mark Souder's affair with a staffer, Washington Post blogger David Weigel noted that the relative damage compared to the Eric Massa affair shows that, perhaps, Republicans are better at cleaning up after themselves with these scandals.
National Enquirer Is Back! Claims Letterman Sex Tape
David Letterman appears to be reaping the rewards of the National Enquirer's new found respect -- or perhaps fear factor is a better way to phrase it. No one wants to miss a story as big as John Edwards ever again. Behold: The Letterman Sex Tape.
Sex Watch: NJ Councilman’s 20 Year Dry Spell, And Other Absurd Sex Scandal Headlines
Last week Eugene Robinson, a local New Jersey Councilman, seized national attention when after falling victim to a prostitution blackmail scandal, testified in court that he hadn’t had sex in 20 years. Despite the fact that the whole thing was a conspiracy (unbeknownst to Robinson, the woman he was fooling around with was a prostitute...
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