People are going to believe what they want to believe….it’s not what they read or research but what they “heard”…..the genie is out of the bottle; until a trial starts, maybe, MAYBE we will finally get to the truth. the sanctimonious Media and the Laptop Anonymous will grind their axes and the 98% of the believers will genuflect at their collective feet….when I did radio work long ago, I was told that only 2% of the audience will actuallly call the show and comment while the remaining 98% will believe what they say as gospel, truth or not….this is how we get our info nowadays and we let somebody else interpret for us….we are the 98%…besides, “I heard it on the _______ Show, so it must be true.” If enough people report it, it must be the Truth…..but it just might be tooooooo late! to tell the difference.

(At least half a dozen writers at ESPN — Ivan Maisle, Roderick MacLeish, Tim Keown, Gene Wojchiechowski, Jemele Hill and Bryant — wrote asinine opinion pieces filled with misplaced outrage and indignation based upon the false assertions in the grand jury presentment. I wish I could say they gave sports reporters a bad name, but they’re actually quite representative of the poorly educated slugs who stink up this so-called “profession.” If you’re looking for the bottom of the barrel, however, look for Dan Bernstein)

I don’t think most people took the time to read the grand jury report, but instead just went off of the hysteria and speculation being flamed in the media. Unfortunately, this is why I don’t have much faith in long, logical and factual reports such as this having much success in changing public opinion. The amount of misinformation out there is astounding, and contradicting the foundations of that misinformation accomplishes very little in relation to the assertions out there.

Does disproving that McQueary saw anal sex accomplish much to someone believing Paterno allowed child rape to occur at his own house? Or to turn the opinions of people who believe there was systematic abuse? What the media has done is place the burden of every child molested by Sandusky on to Penn State and Paterno. Refuting the burden of 1 victim does very little to remove the burden of the other 8 or so. I appreciate the effort that went into this, and I support anyone who takes a stand for Penn State and Paterno and bases that on actual information. I’m just doubtful that it will have any impact on the majority of people out there, since the majority of people didn’t take the time to look at the facts. Instead, they went off of the allegations and speculation being hurled by the media, who will undoubtedly never admit that they were wrong.