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 ...
That was quite a story.
Wow did you just come up with that? Very clever!
Paterno did NOT know inasmuchas he had NO idea of WHAT pedophilia was, according to newspapers at the time,
Unless I’m misreading your post, are you telling me a 70 y/o had never heard of a man raping children?
He’s Catholic right?
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You are not wrong. Paterno was flabbergasted that people had sex with children. I don’t know if he was Catholic or not but he was highly shocked when he heard of this.
I don't think Paterno knew what was going on with Sandusky. Why would he pay attention to a guy he didn't like, wasn't with the football program and just had access to athletic facilities as part of his severance from his coaching job?
My memory is that Sandusky’s wife was criticized at the time.
But it seems reasonable to believe Sandusky’s wife was dependent on her husband, under his control, and intimidated. The adopted son was likely intimidated by him, and had zero power over his conduct. OTOH, Paterno could fire, ban from campus, and publicly destroy Sandusky anytime he chose. That would have created a big scandal, hurt the FOOTBALL program, and tarnished his halo.
I don’t believe him. I don’t believe any man, or woman, hasn’t heard of sex with children. It’s occurred all throughout history. Every pedophile should be killed, every enabler as well.
Paterno sent an email about it, then didn’t follow up.
If you thought a man under you was raping boys, do you just send an email?
If you heard the same, you don’t follow up?
Like I said, pipe to the head...
As for Urban, they’re adult females, so it’s not a crime, just he’s a POS. My good friend while there said his friend knew a girl who did. I know it isn’t proof.
I just thought your “Gay Valley” comment was just so cute. Casting aspersion upon an entire region, and an entire university, and the Penn Staters on this board, put you on my A$$hole list. Bless your heart.
“When everyone in the Media Agrees, There is a Problem:” -— E.g.: Covid “pandemic,” Colin Powell, “Mad Dog” General Mattis...
There are some good points in article, not specific to the Sandusky case.
“Graham B. Spanier showed considerable curiosity about sex, writing papers on several varieties of it, premarital, extramarital and - this one has attracted the attention of conservative bloggers - swinging or, as he and his co-author called it in the early 1970s, mate swapping. His primary focus, though, was on what broke marriages apart, what kept them together, and how people adjusted to divorce and remarriage.”
Spanier, noted wife swapping scholar.
There’s US law and moral law.
I believe a man can exact law on a horrific crime.
I don’t think “the clothes” you wear give one rights.(robes/uniforms)
Sandusky deserved to disappear.
I understand that “vigilante justice” leads to anarchy, but “pedophiles and psychopaths” deserve immediate death.
JMHO.
Paterno doesn’t deserve ultimate responsibility, but some.
That some grown man didn’t take care of responsibility bothers me.
Well, I give him the benefit of the doubt. I like to think I am moral and I can easily see myself do the same thing as Paterno. He didn’t see anything, but he was told by McQuery, who did see something, that McQuery went to the University Police. I would put a big check box next to “taken care of/complete” and get back to football, fund raisers, recruiting and family.
Good bosses never assume anyone does their job correctly.
They check, at a time and place and method of their choosing, usually quietly, usually in a way that the person being checked on won’t know about.
It is possible Paterno was not one of those good bosses, but I would want to see a lot of evidence in other areas to convince me that was the case.
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