Thursday, December 08, 2011

The news cycle

That Dottie Sandusky is convinced her husband is being lied about in the cruelest possible way and, in her viewpoint, grossly persecuted, is either pathetic or noble, but either way, IT ISN'T NEWS.

That Jerry Sandusky was arrested on additional abuse charges and can't make bail is news.  By all means, report it. But that the wife of a purported perpetrator thinks that he's innocent, never heard a boy downstairs screaming for help, can't imagine that her husband could have done such a terrible thing? This conveys nothing other than expected information and contributes NOTHING to the news cycle. Now, if she had known about it for some time? That would be news worth reporting.

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