[NU Sports] NYT Column on Penn State

[Weinbaum, Willie]

Another interesting Times column on the PSU scandal:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/opinion/brooks-lets-all-feel-superior.html?src=me&ref=general



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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:02 PM
To: tbng at comcast.net
Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NYT Column on Penn State

> <Third, it must promise not to use its status as a state institution 
> to shield itself from the inevitable civil lawsuits
>
> Pragmatically, there is nothing Penn State can do to prevent law 
> suits, and it would be an unmitigated PR disaster for the university if they tried.

The taxpayers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania might have a different opinion on that issue, because any damages assessed to Penn State will eventually, one way or another, be paid out of the state treasury.

It's fine for the New York Times, among others, to propose grandiose steps, it's a lot different for those whose lives would be impacted by those steps.

I don't recall the New York Times being willing to cease publication for a few months when it had a writer who was fired for falsifying stories.
And the NY TImes has hid behind the Sullivan decision MANY MANY times.
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Mike Nolan
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