Paterno - Followup

So when I got home from work tonight, I saw on tv that Joe Paterno announced that he was going to resign after the season.  The newscaster also said that the university might no even let him finish the season.  I am very sad to hear this. I'm especially annoyed with the coverage by CNN's Headline News Network. They are beating a dead horse, and the horse is the coverage of Joe Paterno, and failure to handle the Sandusky sex scandal.

Joe made a mistake. He went to the university rather than notify the police. He should have had the police investigate (as should have the person who told the coach about the incident), but he didn't. Bad judgement, I agree, But the coach is an old man coming to the end of a brilliant career.  Why not let him go out with dignity rather than use him as a scapegoat? He went to his superiors and did what he thought was the right thing to do.

My feeling is the university president is just as guilty of bad judgement as the others. If Joe Paterno is to be blamed and bullied into quitting, then his superior should be treated the same.  It's sad that this happened, but it's doubly sad that the media is besmirching the reputation of a man with a sterling career. The incident happened, it's been reported, move on!

I am sick and tired of CNN and the like jumping onto one news item, and making it the top story, day after day after day. There are plenty of other crimes and items of interest happening daily, yet they jump onto a trial of someone famous and cover it for hours at a time, and for days and weeks. How about doing what you used to do CNN? In the early days, you knew that the news on Ted Turner's station was going to be fresh and updated all day long. Now, there's no use to even watch HLN on Saturday or Sunday, 'cause it's just going to be a rehash of the previous week.

When I watch a news network, I want to see news! Not clips from tv comics making fun of politicians, and people critiquing movies. I want to see something that is going to let me know what is going on today. Right now! In other words, I want the old network back.

This wasn't very well written, but it's the way I feel ..... Just saying!