Penn State Scandal

The penn state scandal has been all over the media for the last couple of weeks. It is hard not to know what happened with all the media coverage this story is receiving. The media plays a huge part in this scandal by bringing different points of views and perspectives. As we can see with this scandal, power was a big factor that contributed to covering up this story. Paterno knew what was going on with Sandusky and he decided not to say anything to the police. He did not want his legacy or Penn State's reputation to go down with this scandal so he decided to cover it up. This comes to show us that the people with power can get away with stuff that people without power cannot. This seems to occur a lot in our society and it doesn't seem like it is going to stop anytime soon. I just find it so wrong for people that have a lot of power like Paterno to abuse of their power even if it means hurting a child. Like I said earlier this happens a lot in our society and that is not correct. This is one of the worst scandals that I have ever heard of when it comes to collegiate sports. I just think it is so disgusting that nobody would even bother to report this to the police. They could've stop this type of act from occurring again if somebody just had the courage to speak up. It is sad to see Paterno's legacy finish off like this but he had the decision to report Sandusky but he didn't, and that will be the cause of his tainted legacy.

Daniel Barajas

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