Does the National Enquirer Deserve the Pulitzer?

News has been circulating all week that John Edwards is about to be indicted for using campaign funds to help support and hide his affair with Rielle Edwards. That the National Enquirer first broke the news earlier this week hasn’t stopped other sources from picking up the trail — after all, it was the Enquirer, a supermarket tabloid, that first broke the story of Edward’s affair. Their work on the story was so comprehensive, and, ultimately so devastating to the former presidential candidate, that many consider the Enquirer a contender for this year’s Pulitzer Prize. But is the paper really worthy? We discuss today on NEWSWEEK’s Rumblr….

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