The phrase "affair is whether" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a fragment and lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The affair is whether we should proceed with the project or not."
Alternatives: "The issue is whether" or "The question is whether."
Underneath the YouTube posting of it, a load of people argue about whether the whole affair is sacrilegious or not, as people are wont to do on YouTube.
I guess I always figured that a man who carries on a secret, decades-long affair is not unaffected by the experience, whether or not there's a memorial to him on the Washington Mall.
I think more than speaking about the morality, and about whether having an affair is right or not, what our show is actually trying to do is make it much more ugly than that.
Whether there was a sexual affair is impossible to determine.
Whether she and Wagner actually had an affair is in dispute.
DNA testing could also help determine whether rumors of a royal affair are well-founded and whether he could be the father of a Danish king.
Whether their torrid affair was initially a construct to motivate buyers or whether it was real can only be conjectured, since historical memory is untrustworthy, but it was certainly an effective marketing tool.
The affair was seen as a test of whether West Germany's democracy could survive the collision between press and politicians.
In his witness statement, Cable said: "The reports suggested that News Corporation representatives were either trying to influence my views or seeking material which might be used to challenge any adverse ruling I might make … These colleagues expressed some alarm about whether this whole affair was going to lead to retribution against the Liberal Democrats through News International newspapers".
