During this early period, most of the media failed to understand the full implications of the scandal, and concentrated reporting on other topics related to the 1972 presidential election. Most outlets ignored or downplayed Woodward and Bernstein's scoops; the crosstown "Washington Star-News" and the "Los Angeles Times" even ran stories incorrectly discrediting the "Post's" articles. After the "Post" revealed that H.R. Haldeman made payments from the secret fund, newspapers like the "Chicago Tribune" and the "Philadelphia Inquirer" failed to publish the information, but did publish the White House's denial of the story the following day. The White House also sought to isolate the "Post's" coverage by tirelessly attacking that newspaper while declining to criticize other damaging stories about the scandal from the New York Times and Time Magazine.