Unbalanced Media

[JAR]

The Media Lynching of Ben Roethlisberger

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[Blitz-en]

This is a witch hunt. Buried in all of this is the statement that Ben's friend made that Ben was angry and shocked at the allegation, the night of the situation. Said he was in the back "messing around" with her. She fell, he helped her up and suggested they be 'done'. If that is the story, wouldn't she be pissed that he put her aside? Funny, no DNA was found during a routine rape assault kit was employed at the hospital.

Also, a guy that was not convicted of a crime, not a charge brought against him, should have some grounds for suggesting character defamation. The GA DA, the media, perhaps the NFL (if suspensions follow) could all be accused of defamation of Ben's name due to all the junk that was said in public, or discipline based on hearsay. That DA was completely unprofessional in his statements. When did it become commonplace to use somebody's name and suggest he did unsavory things, when there was no court ruling to present facts?

Ben is not totally innocent in all this. But, hel1, Tiger Woods looks like a choir boy in comparison (according to media coverage/opinions).

[papillon]

This is a witch hunt. Buried in all of this is the statement that Ben's friend made that Ben was angry and shocked at the allegation, the night of the situation. Said he was in the back "messing around" with her. She fell, he helped her up and suggested they be 'done'. If that is the story, wouldn't she be pissed that he put her aside? Funny, no DNA was found during a routine rape assault kit was employed at the hospital.

Also, a guy that was not convicted of a crime, not a charge brought against him, should have some grounds for suggesting character defamation. The GA DA, the media, perhaps the NFL (if suspensions follow) could all be accused of defamation of Ben's name due to all the junk that was said in public, or discipline based on hearsay. That DA was completely unprofessional in his statements. When did it become commonplace to use somebody's name and suggest he did unsavory things, when there was no court ruling to present facts?

Ben is not totally innocent in all this. But, hel1, Tiger Woods looks like a choir boy in comparison (according to media coverage/opinions).

Not one of Tiger's 15 or 16 mistresses filed a rape or sexual assault lawsuit against Tiger that's why Ben is being hammered in the media.

Pappy

[Steel Life]

Interesting that on ESPN's "First Take" they broached the subject of Ben being treated unfairly in the media with Eric Casilias (sp?) vigorously defending Ben...wow, are we seeing the tide turning? They then tried address issues of race factoring into Ben's punishment by comparing Santonio's suspension Casilias again argued that it's apples & oranges, Dana Jacobsen show she's a twit by saying that some think that if Ben was black he would've been suspended by now...this is what passes for sports journalism.

[Blitz-en]

This is a witch hunt. Buried in all of this is the statement that Ben's friend made that Ben was angry and shocked at the allegation, the night of the situation. Said he was in the back "messing around" with her. She fell, he helped her up and suggested they be 'done'. If that is the story, wouldn't she be pissed that he put her aside? Funny, no DNA was found during a routine rape assault kit was employed at the hospital.

Also, a guy that was not convicted of a crime, not a charge brought against him, should have some grounds for suggesting character defamation. The GA DA, the media, perhaps the NFL (if suspensions follow) could all be accused of defamation of Ben's name due to all the junk that was said in public, or discipline based on hearsay. That DA was completely unprofessional in his statements. When did it become commonplace to use somebody's name and suggest he did unsavory things, when there was no court ruling to present facts?

Ben is not totally innocent in all this. But, hel1, Tiger Woods looks like a choir boy in comparison (according to media coverage/opinions).

Not one of Tiger's 15 or 16 mistresses filed a rape or sexual assault lawsuit against Tiger that's why Ben is being hammered in the media.

Pappy

Fair enough. But, is a 20 year old sorority sister, wearing a D.T.F. label, intoxicated beyond being able to write a statement the night of the allegation, a credible source of an accusation? Also, there haven't been any rape or sexual assault lawsuits brought against Ben, either. That's the problem, everybody has already established that Ben is guilty. When, in reality, there have been accusations made against a $100 million QB in the NFL, for inappropriate behavior, but none have actually proven anything. When I have women hanging all over me, wanting to spend 15 minutes of time with me, so they can tell their friends they slept with a celebrity, I may be able to explain the psyche of Ben Roethlisberger. I'm just trying not to judge him without knowing 80% of the story.

In contrast, it burns my as$ that the Steeler's name is being dragged through the mud. I have a major conundrum going on inside my head about this.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Interesting that on ESPN's "First Take" they broached the subject of Ben being treated unfairly in the media with Eric Casilias (sp?) vigorously defending Ben...wow, are we seeing the tide turning? They then tried address issues of race factoring into Ben's punishment by comparing Santonio's suspension Casilias again argued that it's apples & oranges, Dana Jacobsen show she's a twit by saying that some think that if Ben was black he would've been suspended by now...this is what passes for sports journalism.

Erik Kuselias was a practicing lawyer before coming to ESPN, so he knows more about such things than most of their talking heads.

He also has been on the other side of the sexual harassment issue himself. Apparently, while drunk at an ESPN party, the married Kuselius blurted out to a female ESPN employee that "I would like to @#$% you" which she reported to Human Resources, and ESPN suspended him, because he had supposedly been warned before about such things.

His wife apparently suspected infidelity, and hired a private investigator who told her that he was having an affair with ESPN fantasy injury guru Stephania Bell.

[steelblood]

Interesting that on ESPN's "First Take" they broached the subject of Ben being treated unfairly in the media with Eric Casilias (sp?) vigorously defending Ben...wow, are we seeing the tide turning? They then tried address issues of race factoring into Ben's punishment by comparing Santonio's suspension Casilias again argued that it's apples & oranges, Dana Jacobsen show she's a twit by saying that some think that if Ben was black he would've been suspended by now...this is what passes for sports journalism.

Erik Kuselias was a practicing lawyer before coming to ESPN, so he knows more about such things than most of their talking heads.

He also has been on the other side of the sexual harassment issue himself. Apparently, while drunk at an ESPN party, the married Kuselius blurted out to a female ESPN employee that "I would like to @#$% you" which she reported to Human Resources, and ESPN suspended him, because he had supposedly been warned before about such things.

His wife apparently suspected infidelity, and hired a private investigator who told her that he was having an affair with ESPN fantasy injury guru Stephania Bell.

So Ben is vigorously defending by a misogynist who cheated on his wife? Awesome.

[Steel Life]

Interesting that on ESPN's "First Take" they broached the subject of Ben being treated unfairly in the media with Eric Casilias (sp?) vigorously defending Ben...wow, are we seeing the tide turning? They then tried address issues of race factoring into Ben's punishment by comparing Santonio's suspension Casilias again argued that it's apples & oranges, Dana Jacobsen show she's a twit by saying that some think that if Ben was black he would've been suspended by now...this is what passes for sports journalism.

Erik Kuselias was a practicing lawyer before coming to ESPN, so he knows more about such things than most of their talking heads.

He also has been on the other side of the sexual harassment issue himself. Apparently, while drunk at an ESPN party, the married Kuselius blurted out to a female ESPN employee that "I would like to @#$% you" which she reported to Human Resources, and ESPN suspended him, because he had supposedly been warned before about such things.

His wife apparently suspected infidelity, and hired a private investigator who told her that he was having an affair with ESPN fantasy injury guru Stephania Bell.

So Ben is vigorously defending by a misogynist who cheated on his wife? Awesome.

First..At least someone is defending him & hopefully got it started.

2nd...a misogynist is someone with a hatred, dislike or mistrust of women. Doesn't seem as though had any of those issues.

[Leper Friend]

Adan Schein on Sirius NFL all day today was refering to her as the "victim" and that the "fact" that she said it was't ok and he kept going is cause for him to be released.

Now of course the problem with that is that he is reporting everything he read that she sais as fact and not giving any other possibility.Nobody knows if that actually happEned but the media never let's facts get in the way of a good story.