Gore story goes mainstream; media culpable

Politico says the story has gone mainstream:

The story’s jump from the fringe to the mainstream compounds the problems for Gore, whose family spokesman, Kalee Kreider, has said that Gore “unequivocally and emphatically” denied making unwanted sexual advances. “Further investigation into this matter will only benefit Mr. Gore.”

It also brought up by-now-familiar accusations of the media’s complicity in covering up the scandal when it first surfaced. The Portland Tribune, which was looking into the story in 2007 and 2008, has taken some heat for its decision not to go forward with the story.

The Daily Mail worries Algore's halo has slipped:

With Bill Clinton, it was intimate telephone conversations with his young intern Monica Lewinsky and their infamous cigar. And with Clinton's former vice-president, Al Gore, it is now, apparently, a pair of a stained black trousers.

It seems that this everyday item of clothing now threatens to bring this most sanctimonious of moral crusaders crashing down into the gutter.

Currently encased in an official plastic bag as police evidence, they are owned by a masseuse who claims that the former American vice-president forced himself on her - and DNA evidence on the trousers can prove it.