[FredZarguna]

Of course it will. And there are significant facts in dispute, and I believe those will be resolved. But that doesn't change the fact that decent people have been harmed by nothing more than accusation. The reporting on Fox News and ESPN has been nothing short of reprehensible. Tonight Shep's broadcast outrageously claimed that Penn State is still paying Jerry Sandusky "a very generous pension."

Wrong.

Penn State doesn't have a pension system. It isn't paying Sandusky anything.

Tonight, Fox News questioned why Penn State is handling Schultz and Curley's legal bills. The answer to that is simple: they have been accused of a crime in the discharge of their duty as university officials. Penn State agrees to indemnify its employees in those kinds of cases. There is nothing the least bit wrong with it.

Tonight, Bill O'Reilly said Joe Paterno "participated" in a "cover-up" and got what he deserved. Really? How does reporting the crime as required amount to participation in a cover-up? Does Ted Baxter know that the PA Attorney General questioned Joe Paterno's firing as unjustified, since he is a cooperating witness?

ESPN has actually been even worse, if possible.

Idiots on this very thread are crediting the silliest and most unfounded rumors as true, and "go all the way to the PA Statehouse." Really? How is that actually possible when the current governor (as AG) was the person who began this investigation? You think he opened this can of worms to hide it? You think Paterno had McQueary report the crime to the head of Campus Police to "cover it up?" Seriously? My Lord...

And so on, and so on, and so on ... ad nauseum.

We KNOW NOTHING more now than we knew then days ago. Nothing. And what we knew ten days ago was not proof of anybody's guilt. Yes, I think Jerry Sandusky is guilty... although I'm not yet sure of what. I very seriously doubt Schultz and Curley are guilty of felony perjury, but we shall see.

[buccaneer81]

Spin it all you want; Sandusky is getting a Pennsylvania SERS retirement payment every single month.

Tell the truth for once on this thread.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Penn State doesn't have a pension system. It isn't paying Sandusky anything.

Penn State participates in the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System. It is paying Sandusky his annual $60,000 pension until he pleads guilt or is found guilty through the SERS program.

Now you're just being completely disingenuous. Do you work for Penn State?

[Boogieman]

“But that doesn’t change the fact that decent people have been harmed by nothing more than accusation.”

By “decent people”, I assume you are referring to Paterno et al? They were not harmed by an accusation, as you say, but by the fact that they did not take reasonable steps to ensure that what was reported to them was properly investigated. Even if the accusations against Sandusky somehow prove to be false, their behavior would still be reprehensible.

[fortheDeclaration]

Yes, we shall see, so what is your point on trying to lecture us on that fact?