1.0 link 40201 <![CDATA[By What Definition is Gavin Newsom's Sex Life 'Breaking News'?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/by-what-definition-is-gav_b_40201.html I just finished watching San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom apologize for having a sexual relationship with the wife of his former campaign manager, Alex Tourk.

"I'm deeply sorry," he said during a brief City Hall news conference.

The TV described this as "Breaking News." By what definition? I mean, really, why is this anybody's business -- except for Mr. Newsom, Mr. Tourk, Mr. Tourk's wife (the evocatively named Ruby Rippey-Tourk), and Mr. Newsom's ex-wife.

Why is this a public matter?

Despite my...

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