Stop the presses -- the media has uncovered evidence that former Senator Fred Thompson, a regular on the television series Law & Order, WAS PAID FOR HIS ACTING WORK!

Fred ThompsonÂ’s radio, television and movie career gave him a high profile that has helped his fledgling presidential campaign.

It also made him rich — and that could provide fodder for opponents who have worked to cast the Republican as more style than substance.

Thompson, a former Tennessee senator who is perhaps best known for his role in NBC crime drama “Law & Order,” earned as much as $12.1 million since Jan. 1, 2006, from his various entertainment-related gigs, according to a report released Wednesday by the Federal Election Commission.

The report, which is mandatory for presidential candidates, lists only wide value ranges for income, assets and debts.

But it shows entertainment likely accounted for significantly more than half — and possibly as much as 75 percent — of Thompson’s income of as much as $16.5 million between Jan. 1, 2006, and last month, according to a Politico analysis.

Equally relevant is this National Enquirer report of an affair between John Edwards and a campaign staffer.

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