The media smear against Paterno was there to cover the fact that the molester/rapist was guilty as hell and NAMBLA in all but name.
Thanks FlJoePa.
Well, I think there are reservations there as well Sunken. I firmly believe that JS belongs in jail - make no mistake about it.
But I also think he received a rushed, and not so fair trial. SOME of the victims and their attorneys are looking at PSU as an ATM machine, and a spineless administration that won’t put up a fight will (by nature) encourage that.
The one thing about this case is that it is of such a disgusting subject matter that NO ONE in the media will touch it. Defending Joe or defending Penn State means you encourage and enable pedophilia.
It’s an understandable reaction, but it doesn’t make what has been reported - and even adjudicated (in some counts) thus far the absolute truth.
Kevin Slaten, John Ziegler, Franco Harris, and Ray Blehar have all done outstanding work on this. Slaten brought Bob Costas on board and he now realizes that the freeh report is garbage.
The fact that all these players have now signed on - especially Blackledge - who is the best analyst in college football, and employed by espn - is a light at the end of the tunnel.
The work by Jim Clemente (who is THE expert in this field), along with the gravitas of Dick Thornburgh is another step.
But you see right here on THIS forum how hard it is. Of all places to believe the MSM and people like louis freeh....I would think we could at least wait until we hear what Tim Curley has to say before seeing some of the things I see here.
Penn State is a fantastic University. Joe Paterno led an exemplary life. Penn State Football has been a model program for as long as most of us have been alive. The characterizations of all of them is not fair, and I (for one) won’t go away until we get the truth.