The scoop began to take shape three weeks ago when the tabloid's investigative staff reviewed 140 presidential pardons, Enquirer editors said. Coz's staff was struck by what appeared to be a personal connection between Rodham and the wife of Braswell's lawyer. But money was not the driving force in this story. One of the two reporters who broke the Braswell story is Mike Hanrahan, a retired New York Daily News reporter who has been with the Enquirer for about five years.
News is what sells.
Not just gossip, but news. The Enquirer earned grudging respect from the mainstream media during the O.J. Simpson murder trial.