ML/NJ
Posted on 11/13/2021 2:43:48 PM PST by TBP
For most of the past decade, I have been, almost entirely on my own, deeply investigating the entire case, to the point where it is not an exaggeration to say I know more about it than anyone, including Sandusky himself. What I have found has been the most shocking, depressing, and excruciating experience of my already eventful career, because I eventually became, very much against my own self-interest, completely convinced that, believe it or not, the media got this story catastrophically wrong and that those convicted at Penn State, including Sandusky himself, should not have been.
This column is not about trying to convince anyone of this conclusion. I have co-hosted a podcast called, “With the Benefit of Hindsight,” which features at least 25 hours of often mind-blowing, raw and exclusive interviews with many of the primary figures in the case, including two of the administrators who went to jail (the podcast was inspired in part by author Malcom Gladwell writing a chapter in his best-selling book, “Talking to Strangers,” which largely focused on my work).
My purpose here is to document some of the important things I have learned about the news media throughout this ordeal. Here are those lessons, many of which have served me well in evaluating both the Trump and Covid media eras, and may be more significant and relevant than even the massive injustice which I am positive occurred in this Greek tragedy.
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
The MSM is evil. No other word describes them better.
Pedaphilie U.
He doesn’t really get into details about why these guys were wrongly accused. I guess you have to buy the book...? Yes, the media are screwed up. That’s why I only read a few things about this case and forgot about it. I remember saying positive things about Paterno on a writing forum in like 2008 or 2009. When I read about the kid-diddling later I felt like a chump.
As a catholic kid growing up in the 50s/60s I heard a lot about J Paterno. He was like a saint or something to various people we associated with going to church and catholic school.
And because of this I don’t have a lot of trouble believing that there were chickenhawks involved.
But I don’t know for sure. The article instills a lot of doubt but provides no alibis.
> He doesn’t really get into details about why these guys were wrongly accused. <
Maybe the author is trying to right a serious wrong. Or maybe he’s just trying to rehabilitate the tarnished reputation of Joe Paterno.
Take yer pick. But as for me, I’m voting for the latter.
He’s written many articles about why they were wrongly accused, and he’s got a podcast that discusses it. That’s not really the point of this particular article.
Take a look at Ziegler’s evidence.
I have family members who went there.
First off, the author ckearly states that this is an opinion piece. Secondly, mediaite has been trashed on thus site many times for publishing severely slanted pieces. Although it sounds good, I take it with an appropriate grain of salt.
His presentation seems a little melodramatic. If I had some big piece of evidence that exonerated the bad actors, I would say something like, “I have this evidence that shows these men were wrongly accused - here it is - and if you want to know the story of how I found all this out, buy my book.”
Not saying he’s wrong.
Corbett was the Attorney General who started the case and then as Governor he was on the Board of Directors of Penn State where he became judge and jury.
Paterno got a raw deal due to Corbett, the former in house legal counsel for Waste Management Inc.
Is he claiming all the victims are lying?
If so, he should lay that card on the table.
That takes one sentence.
I taught at Penn State for years.
There are few people that I put on a pedestal relating to integrity. But Joe Paterno was one of them.
He may have been guilty of Old Age and mental capacities slipping, but there is no way he would cover up anything. He was as honest and ethical as they come.
I agree with his summation of how the media operate today, but if he feels the case was misrepresented I wish he had been more specific as to why.
They flat out lie; they have their narrative and they go with it. Any reporter who files the truth is fired.
Paterno knew, **** him.
If I knew a guy was raping kids in the shower, I’d take a pipe to his head.
That’s what I mean. He’s really pimping the drama and it seems a bit dishonest.
ML/NJ
John Ziegler is a grade A, Never Trumper, but I must say he knows this saga like no one else. The average payout per “Sandusky kid” was $3.2 million dollars, with zero investigation as to the veracity of the claim (outside of living/working in the county). IMO, a rudimentary investigation to the claims would have eliminated 80% of the kids. As to the remaining 20%, who knows. John is right. It was a media feeding frenzy and the rush to settle was the overriding factor.
They don’t call it Happy Valley for nothing.
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