http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/06/14/rupert-murdoch-wendi-deng-divorce-story-gets-juicier/2424115/Today,The Hollywood Reporter asked and got an answer from Blair's London office. "If you are asking if they are having an affair, the answer is no," said the anonymous spokesman. That set off more tweeting about why the spokesman used the present tense instead of the past tense.