Enhance

Precisely. I feel like I've been berating them a lot in recent weeks but it's entirely self-inflicted. There's a line one has to draw in the sand with this kind of stuff and they're flirting with, and often times stepping directly over it, in their quest to fill time.

The whole station has gone off the tracks in the last few weeks, first with the nonsense about Bill Moos and now all of their ridiculous, asinine speculation about Washington. "Conduit of the people" my a$$.

Interestingly, I feel like this could be applied to any number of criminal proceedings. "Mugshot" galleries are a pretty good example of what I'm on about. The Journal Star has been a big fan of sharing those for years, I imagine largely because it drives a lot of page views. But, the perception of someone changes as soon as they put on the traditional garb and take a mugshot. Could be a DUI, could be murder, could be rape, could be some sort of minor felony. We're incredibly hesitant to name the children victims and victims of sexual assault, as we should be, yet we seem to have no issue dragging the accused's name through the mud before they've ever had any opportunity at due process.

Oh, on this morning I long for greatness renewed from an office chair

They were sufficiently vague, as always. "Someone maybe did a bad." - Probably Sharpe & Benning, Circa 2019

I like how Herbie went from fat to jacked.

Well put. Personally, I don't have any issue with the media digging into any of this. That's their job and, now that they've sniffed out some irregularities, they're not going to stop any time soon. That said, I still don't see enough smoke here to signal a significant fire, or at least not enough to start predicting things like someone is going to lose their job (which is what was claimed on S&B this morning). This sort of feels like someone who left the coffee pot plugged in before leaving for work. Could it be something more? Ehhh... I guess? Some of the reaction to all of this is little more than peak off-season behavior. I feel it's wiser to let everything play out. Oh, and I think it's equally wise for a handful of you to probably not question any more what is or isn't sexual assault. According to the state of California, a person under 18 can't legally consent to sex, which inherently makes it a 'sexual assault.' We can go back and forth about nuance all we want but it is what it is.

Good to know any and all forms of misbehavior, regardless of circumstances, equates to low moral fiber.

Sorry, but I don't see much good coming from this kind of thread. If there are specific situations supported by facts, then those are welcome and open for discussion. This kind of general speculation without any clear focus or direction is a poor idea.

Your first reaction to one news outlet seemingly having more information than others is to essentially accuse them of lying? Come on. That's little more than conspiracy theory. Alia Conley is a kickass reporter. As for Mo, I'm not sure I get the 'he's gone' talk just yet. His alleged decisions in this case were not good, but, he faces charges for a non-violent misdemeanor and a non-violent felony. Lawyers tend to seek plea deals in these sort of cases and I think whatever limitations set forth by a hypothetical plea will impact his future more than anything else. I have a feeling, and maybe it's a bad feeling, that he's not kicked off the team unless potential penalties make it impossible to remain a student athlete at Nebraska.

Relevant.

I agree and I would lean towards this being the case as well considering the 'revenge' charge would be considered a misdemeanor, and the 'possession' charge is I think a non-violent felony. I was not able to find and confirm if possession of CP is considered a non-violent felony, though. I think it's non-violent.

Looked up California penalties for that, too: 1) Probation 2) 6 mo. in a county jail and/or 3) $1,000 fine

From The World-Herald's report. I was trying to figure out what California does in terms of punishment for these types of cases. Still trying to track it all down but this is what happened to one person connected to it all: