ESPN has held Syracuse child molestation evidence for 8 years

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<p>[ESPN’s</a> Role in the Syracuse Scandal | FTRsports.com | For The Record Sports](<a href=“http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/espns-role-in-the-syracuse-scandal/]ESPN’s”>http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/espns-role-in-the-syracuse-scandal/)</p>

<p>[Video</a> Credit: ESPN, CNN - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6XjPbzNZ-nA]Video”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6XjPbzNZ-nA)</p>

<p>That’s even worse than what Joe Paterno did (or rather didn’t do).</p>

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<p>Did ESPN’s source insist on confidentiality? ESPN will claim that they are journalists and were protecting their source. Was the source the vicitim? Was he an adult at the time he disclosed the information to ESPN?</p>

<p>I think it is an obligation for even an journalist to report to police if they have evidence of recent or ongoing abuse of a minor.</p>