After the National Enquirer broke a story about former presidential candidate John Edwards’ meeting at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with his alleged mistress and the child they had together, the mainstream media proceeded to ignore the story.

Coverage of the incident continued to be noticeably absent from most major print and broadcast outlets.

Fox News did corroborate that Edwards was where the Enquirer reporters said he was at the time, and that the potential Democratic VP nominee was not registered as a guest at the hotel.

This is a man who ran as a serious candidate for leader of the free world and whose wife is bravely battling cancer.

Still, the mainstream media for the most part have remained mum.

Now the U.K. Sunday Times has broken the overseas silence on the Edwards allegations.

“Sleaze scuppers Democrat golden boy,” the newspaper’s headline reads.

“Gotcha: Senator John Edwards, whose wife has cancer, has been caught in a sex scandal that ends his vice-presidential hopes,” the subtitle hits again.

Will The New York Times, The Washington Post, alphabet networks, and other major media players report the story now?

Caution: Waiting with bated breath for it to happen may result in oxygen deprivation, dizziness and potential fainting spells.

Is this the two Americas Edwards was talking about — one whose residents recklessly play around but don’t get busted, another whose residents get pummeled in the media for the same activities but whose reputations are left at death’s door?