Part 1 of a series of diaries to expose a serious injustice done to Coach Joe Paterno and Penn State University by the Republican Governor and Attorney General of Pennsylvania. These in no way diminish the bulk of charges against Jerry Sandusky. I believe that eight identified victims will offer sufficient evidence to convict Sandusky and put him in prison for a long long time. But the "Victim 2" charges that have implicated Joe Paterno and Penn State presented in the Grand Jury Presentment have misled the media, the Board of Trustee's and the public in order to advance Republican political careers. The Victim 2 section of the presentment is a LIE. I am a University of Tennessee alumni with no love for Paterno or Penn State but I abhor this injustice. The media has failed to offer the truth so someone has to expose this injustice and the unforgivable lack of fairness by the media that has condemned Paterno and Penn State in the court of public opinion.
This overview based on all available evidence after the Perjury Hearing on Friday Dec 16th -this is the whole story in as small a nutshell as I can make it.
There is NO Penn State Sex Scandal.
If the Grand Jury Presentment had simply accurately described Mike McQueary's testimony as "strong suspicion of sexual activity based on a brief glance in the shower and 3 slapping sounds" instead of he "saw a boy being subjected to anal intercourse", do you think Joe and PSU would have suffered the vilification of the media and public? That is the first question you need to answer.
Based on this distorted and misleading Grand Jury Presentment and Perjury Hearing Testimony under oath by Mike McQueary; we can derive the simplest explanation for what transpired in Mike's meetings with Joe and then with AD Tim Curley and VP Gary Schultz.
I don't particularly like Joe Paterno and care nothing about Penn State football, but the rush to judgment that is destroying the reputation of a 61 year long rather exemplary career got my attention so I have studied every thing I could find about this situation. I am appalled by how little opposition has been shown by any media outlet to the obvious distortions and downright lies that launched this rush to judgment.
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