In this series, which started in July ‘08, wowOwow follows the political news swirling around Caroline Kennedy since her surprise endorsement of Barack Obama and high-profile placement on his VP selection committee. Now, Caroline is ready to launch a political career of her own. With the Caroline Kennedy Candidacy Watch, we’ll follow all the latest news. 

Caroline Kennedy continues to make major news — and even some fake news — even weeks after her name was seriously floated as a possible replacement for Hillary Clinton in the Senate.

Today, the news is that Kennedy is declining to provide basic data — such as companies she has a financial stake in, or whether she’s ever been charged with a crime — to the media. Kennedy told The New York Times through a spokesman that any information regarding any potential ethical, legal and financial "entanglements" wouldn’t be released until she becomes a senator. So far, she’s only asked New York Gov. David Paterson to consider her, but he hasn’t made any decision yet.

“If Gov. Paterson were to choose Caroline, she would, of course, comply with all disclosure requirements,” Kennedy spokesman Stefan Friedman told the Times.

If she were actually running for Senate to be elected by the voters, Kennedy would have to file a lengthy public report telling the world about her financial assets, even credit-card and mortgage debts, and any sources of income greater than $5,000 in the last three years. It’s expected that Paterson will require his Senate pick to undergo a background and tax-return check. Although Senate appointees aren’t technically required to make public such information, in a case where someone isn’t elected by the people, it often helps assuage some concerns, particularly in this case, when even Democrats are divided as to whether Kennedy should be chosen.

In other Kennedy news, it’s no secret JFK’s daughter and Michael Bloomberg are tight. In fact, Bloomberg wants Paterson to decide soon and is defending his friend from her fellow Democrats — like Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-NY — who don’t think she’s qualified, and compared her to Sarah Palin.

"Everybody’s focusing on the wrong things," Bloomberg said Monday. "Being a senator, you don’t have to know about every issue coming in … That’s what your staffs are for … and Caroline Kennedy is eminently qualified to be a senator."

So it may come to Bloomberg’s surprise that Kennedy is now saying she’ll back the Democrats’ pick for the Big Apple’s mayor next year. No doubt that move is to help earn her trust from fellow New York Democrats. Now that could cause some frosty moments between her and the man singing her praises …

Meanwhile, the Caroline Kennedy buzz is so loud, some news outlets are a little too quick to print "news" about her.

The New York Times on Monday published a letter it thought was from Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, which criticized Kennedy’s Senate bid, saying it was in "poor taste." As it turns out, Delanoë didn’t write the letter, and the Times later printed an apology for not verifying the sender.

"This letter was a fake. It should not have been published," the Times wrote. "We have already expressed our regrets to Mr. Delanoë’s office and we are now doing the same to you, our readers."