NOW THEY TELL US! L.A. TIMES: “Mainstream media finally jump on Edwards’ affair.”

And note this in relation to Byron York’s prediction: “While several newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, had been trying to pursue the story of Edwards’ affair, the sudden burst of attention Friday after he confirmed the relationship with Rielle Hunter, who produced documentaries for his campaign website, was in marked contrast to the way news organizations had tiptoed around the original reports.”

UPDATE: Charles Austin emails:

“Do or do not, there is no try.” Yoda nailed these weasel words from the L.A. Times (via your post) a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away:

Heh. Indeed. Though I don’t think there was even much of a “try” in this case.