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Message: [QUOTE="grepal, post: 94328, member: 1121"] I just heard Mark Schwartz of ESPN state on CNN that the reason ESPN sat on the tape of Laurie Fine is that they do not feel it it their job to report crimes like child abuse to the police. While I am very familiar with a reporter's obligation to keep a source anonymous, I am sure this is not a case of keeping a source anonymous. IMO ESPN acted shamefully and cowardly in not reporting on this story in 2003 when they were given the tape. At the very least they should have used their considerable influence to make sure the police were made aware of the content of the tape and they should have dropped the bomb using the tape as corroboration. Maybe they should have run the story as an accusation and alleged behavior, not as a forgone fact, bur they did not follow up on the moral obligation any person or entity has to put an end to the behavior of a rapist, molester, or murderer. Was another person hurt because of ESPN'S silence? I hope not, heck I hope the story is "a bunch of a thousand lies". That is not the point, The reporter, his editor, the network president, and the head of the parent corporation should resign as should all who took part in an 8 year network coverup. Whether the allegations are true or not is not the issue here, the issue is a corporate culture that publicly states feels it is not their job to bring to light such atrocities when they uncover the information. Guess what, all of us not in law enforcement do not have a job that requires we stop child molesters, that does not mean we sit on information that needs to be used to stop and investigaste such activities. Give me a freaking break, it is the oblgati0n of all of us to stop such activity if we ever see it. ESPN = Cowards [/QUOTE]

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