Tag Archives: Rielle Hunter

John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Andrew Young, Rielle Hunter —and the secret child

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Sex, scorn and videotape When Will Former Democrat Presidential Hopeful, John Edwards, Admit That Reille Hunter’s Baby Is His

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, News, Politics | Tagged Andrew Young, betting markets, Elizabeth Edwards, event derivative markets, HubDub, John Edwards, prediction markets, Rielle Hunter | Leave a comment

NBC Nightly News ran a story on Monday nite about John Edwards’ lies. And today, the National Enquirer has new revelations. If I were John Delaney of InTrade, or a super user at HubDub, I would have a field day creating some prediction markets about the definitive demise of John Edwards.

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – - PS: I believe either Rielle Hunter or her sister is feeding the National Enquirer. – Video – UPDATE: New York Times -

Posted in Analysis (Market Proposals), Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Politics | Tagged Fred Baron, John Edwards, Lisa Druck, National Enquirer, Rielle Hunter, Roxanne Druck, Roxanne Druck Marshall | 1 Comment

On top of the $114,000 given to her by John Edwards’ political action committee, $15,000 a month has been paid to Rielle Hunter (Lisa Druck) by Fred Baron, who was John Edwards’ national finance chair —so that the mistress (a de facto deluxe prostitute) shuts up her face about the affair and the baby.

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

So, John Edwards’ friend would pay about $180,000 each year for her —if I understand well. What kind of R.O.I. did Fred Baron expect on that investment? That’s what the “free” Press should be asking. – - Google’s cached webpages … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Politics | Tagged ABC News, Fred Baron, HubDub, John Edwards, Lisa Druck, National Enquirer, prediction markets, Rielle Hunter | 1 Comment

Testing the new HubDub chart widgets

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Will CNN report on the John Edwards/mistress/baby rumors? – Will a supposed affair between John Edwards and Rielle Hunter be confirmed? – Hummm… I don’t like them too much, Nigel. The charts are too small. -

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Software | Tagged chart widgets, charts, dynamic charts, HubDub, John Edwards, prediction markets, Rielle Hunter | Leave a comment

The John Edwards Non-Affair: How on Earth did they get this photo, what does this photo prove, and which prediction markets should we trade on to profit from this alledged scandal?

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – Will CNN report on the John Edwards/mistress/baby rumors? | Hubdub – Will a supposed affair between John Edwards and Rielle Hunter be confirmed? | Hubdub – UPDATE: The Charlotte Observer UPDATE: National Review UPDATE: Google’s cached webpages of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Politics | Tagged ABC, ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, Charlotte Observer, Cleveland, CNN, Daily Mail, Dallas Morning News, Elisabeth Edwards, Fred Baron, Google, John Edwards, LA Times, Lisa Druck, National Enquirer, National Review, New York Times, NewsWeek, Rielle Hunter, Robert Scoble, UPI, USA TODAY | 4 Comments

The John Edwards Non-Affair gives us an opportunity to look deep into the caldron of the wisdom of crowds.

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

As you all know, The National Enquirer (a supermarket tabloid which pays its informants and sometimes publishes false news) has it that John Edwards has a “love child” from one of his former assistants (all this while his wife is … Continue reading →

Posted in Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Ethics, Politics, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Cancer, Collective Intelligence, John Edwards, National Enquirer, Rielle Hunter, The National Enquirer, Wikipedia, wisdom of crowds | Leave a comment

2 web links that are not about prediction markets —but which you should check.

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- A good take on the John Edwards Non-Affair. – A good take on Rupert Murdoch‘s political influences and how he uses them for corporate advantage. -

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The John Edwards Non-Affair… is making Memeorandum (twice), again.

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Slate’s Jack Shafer (my favorite libertarian journalist –both small “L” and capitalized “L”): [...] visiting the woman who recently gave birth to the out-of-wedlock child of a married campaign aide is completely OK. But meeting her at a Beverly Hills … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills hotel, Jack Shafer, John Edwards, journalist, married campaign aide, Mickey Klaus, National Enquirer, Rielle Hunter, Slate | Leave a comment

The John Edwards Non-Affair

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Interesting experiment in blog journalism. Who do you trust? The Slate blogger or that blogger? I’m truly puzzled. – Google News – UPDATE -

Posted in Politics, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Google, John Edwards, National Enquirer, Rielle Hunter, Slate | Leave a comment