Infidelity expert Ruth Houston's 4th annual list of the top 10 infidelity news stories for the year. Previous lists have been dominated by same-sex infidelity, celebrity infidelity, female infidelity and workplace infidelity. But this year, infidelity among presidential candidates, local politicians, and government officials figured prominently in the news.
This is the 4th annual list of top 10 infidelity news stories for the year compiled by New York-based infidelity expert Ruth Houston, who is frequently called on by the media to comment on popular infidelity issues and infidelity-related breaking news. Houston, the founder of www.InfidelityAdvice.com and the author of Is He Cheating on You? - 829 Telltale Signs, points out that although previous lists have been dominated by same-sex infidelity, celebrity infidelity, or female infidelity, the 2007 list is dominated by infidelity among presidential candidates, government officials, and prominent politicians.
Below are infidelity expert Ruth Houston's picks for the Top 10 Infidelity News Stories of 2007:
1. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, a.k.a. the D.C. Madam, accused of running an elite prostitution ring in Washington, D.C, released the phone records of her client list which included Randall Tobias, Senator David Vitter, Harlan K. Ullman and other very prominent (and very married) government officials who were allegedly cheating on their wives.
2. Presidential Candidates and Issues of Infidelity and Extramarital Affairs - Hillary Clinton's decision to stay married to Bill Clinton despite his infidelity, major episodes of infidelity in Rudy Giuliani's and John McCain's past, Newt Gingrich's confession of his own extramarital affair during Clinton's impeachment trial - these topics provided a continuous supply of material for news stories in 2007.
3. NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, a married mother of three, charged with the attempted murder of her romantic rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut, sparked nationwide discussions on workplace affairs and workplace romance.
4. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's public apology for having an affair with his former appointments secretary, the wife of his good friend and campaign manager.
5. iVillage / MSNBC's Lust, Love and Loyalty survey which revealed that nearly 1 in 4 married adults has cheated on their spouse, that the most common affair partners are friends and co-workers (75 %), and that less than 30% of cheaters get caught.
6. Summer Infidelity Awareness Campaign by infidelity expert Ruth Houston, founder of InfidelityAdvice.com, which focused national attention on the increase in infidelity during the summer months, the 3 types of men who have summer affairs, and exposed the tactics cheating men use to conceal their summer affairs.
7. The Woman's Day / AOL poll which found that 84% of wives would want to be told if their spouses are cheating, and 31% suspected but were unable to prove that their husbands were cheating.
8. Senator Larry Craig's arrest for his attempts at same-sex infidelity by allegedly trying to initiate sexual encounters with men in a public restroom at a Minneapolis airport.
9. Leroy Greer's $1 million lawsuit against 1-800-Flowers for exposing his infidelity, when their thank-you note to him for the $100 in roses he sent his mistress was intercepted by his wife.
10. Dina Matos McGreevey's book Silent Partner, in which she maintains that she was an unsuspecting victim of same sex infidelity, because like most wives of gay married men, she had no idea of ex-husband James McGreevey's true sexual orientation.
Compiled by infidelity expert Ruth Houston, author of Is He Cheating on You? - 829 Telltale Signs, and founder of www.InfidelityAdvice.com
© 2007 by Ruth Houston
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About Ruth Houston:
Infidelity expert, Ruth Houston is the founder of InfidelityAdvice.com and the author of Is He Cheating on You? - 829 Telltale Signs which documents practically every known sign of infidelity, including the subtle signs people usually overlook.
Frequently called on by the media to comment on celebrity infidelity, high profile infidelity court cases, and infidelity issues in the news, Ruth has been quoted in USA Today, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the New York Post, Cosmopolitan, Chatelaine, Newsday, msnbc.com. FoxNews.com, ABCNews.com, Reuters, the Associated Press, UPI, Wireless Flash News, Copley News, Newhouse News Service, Google News, Yahoo News, the Toronto Sun, the National Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Miami Herald, iVillage, MSN Lifestyle, LavaLife, Netscape Love, Entertainment Online, Hollywood Heat, Univision Online and numerous other print and online media worldwide.
Ruth has been a guest on The Today Show, CNN, Fox News, ABC News, NBC News1010WINS, Court TV Radio, BBC, CBC, Sirius Satellite Radio, Ireland's Late Late Show, Telemundo, Caracol Radio Network, and over 360 radio and TV news and talk shows in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, South America, Australia and New Zealand.
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