It looks like the N&O has sent the AA reporterette Samiha Khanna, whose byline was on all the pro-accuser, anti-player early articles, to the dugout and turned the ball over to Joseph Neff, whose reporting sticks close to the known facts.
I think the N&O realizes they crossed the line in some of their editorial decisions, and may very well find themselves among those eventually facing civil suits.
The NandO blogs are absolutely must read. It HAS to be a hell of culture shock for an Editor (whose word was LAW in the newsroom) to be questioned by readers like this...
I love it...
Yes, the obligatory "we don't know what happened in that bathroom" does not cancel out "those boys better come forward and stop covering for the assailants!"