Friday, April 13, 2012

Casting stones

Bobby Petrino has lost his job, and deserves to lose his family, though I hope he'll be able to make the changes he needs in order to reconcile with them and be the husband he should be.  He has admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a young woman, and although that only occurred after he tried to cover up his dalliance, it is now an established fact.

So why was there a news article yesterday outlining the number and timing of phone calls which serve only to confirm what he has already admitted?  And why is there another today outlining the series of text messages that occurred prior to his firing?  Why are these things considered newsworthy?  (Did the reporter also have access to texts with Petrino's paramour?  If so, he or she at least deserves credit for not including them in the article, too.)

Let the man do what he needs to do, and leave him alone.  What more is to be accomplished by airing his weaknesses in public?

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