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A Few Thoughts About Syracuse Fine Case - No Outrage for ESPN?

rojo · 2011-11-29T00:11:13-05:00

1) Did anyone just see Syracuse xc runner Forrest Misenti on SportCenter talking about the case? Way to go xc/track. When's the last time an xc runner showed up on Sports Center? That might have been a first. He was expressing his outrage because "coaches are supposed to be role models" and called it upsetting. 2) On a serious note, will there soon be some serious outrage soon directed at ESPN. Quite honestly, I had thought in some ways the media had gone way over the top in prematurely crucifying everyone at Penn State for not acting in that case when as of now we in reality have no idea who actually knew or did what, particularly when we are talking about the GA McQueary. Everyone in the media, tons of people on ESPN radio, had had this holier than though approach of, "How could all these people not do anything at Penn State?" when in reality it's not clear yet who did or didn't do anything. And then the Syracuse story breaks and ESPN acts like they are breaking this story and doing this great investigative piece. A week passes and then it comes that ESPN has for nearly 10 years sat on a tape where the wife of the Syracuse coach admits that her husband is a pedophile. They had this tape for nearly a decade and they didn't broadcast it then or even last week or report it to authorities or do anything? Where is the outrage? And their excuse for not doing so is laughable. Check out what ESPN wrote on its own website: [quote][b]ESPN wrote:[/b] FR: What was the basis for introducing the Bobby Davis/Laurie Fine audio tape 10 days after your initial report on the Fine allegations? Doria: When we had the audio in the past we had never been able to confirm that it was Laurie Fine. Part of it was we had no independent video of her and her voice – something we could look at and say, “Yes, that’s her and yes, that appears to be her voice.” http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2011/11/espns-doria-on-syracuse-coverage/#more-18250[/quote] So their excuse (in part) for not publishing the tape a decade ago or even last week is because they had no independent video of the wife to confirm it was her voice. Really? They are journalists with tv cameras at their disposal. A moron could have walked up to Mrs. Fife at a game and asked her a question to get her voice/picture on a video camera and yet ESPN offers this excuse. In reality, they probably didn't publish it as they feared a lawsuit. Any other explanation? But I just think this is a prime example of people had better be careful before the cast stones at others. I can sort of understand of not publishing the initial accusations because only oner person was making them, but when there is a video tape supporting that, give me a break. If there excuse was, "Maybe the tape was doctored" which apparently is what Mrs. Fife is saying that would be one thing but ESPN isn't offering that excuse. Your thoughts?

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This youtube video explains what I'm thinking perfectly:
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