I'm not saying either of these guys is innocent, but there's almost certainly a big difference between the media and grand jury representation of the facts and the actual facts. While I'm skeptical about the intentions of those in power in general, I'm also skeptical about claims made against specific individuals since it's impossible to know what's going on behind the scenes and who's trying to get ahead of who. It's a stupid game and it's best not to get emotionally involved least one rush to judgement and condemn someone who is actually innocent.
It’s evident, however, that this kind of journalism ultimately demonstrates one or more cognitive fallacies, such as confirmation bias, the misinterpretation of regression (if an extreme has been observed in a population, journalists may falsely predict another extreme), eyewitness testimony and illusory correlation, which is the overestimation of the relationship between events. It’s as if we didn’t learn from the Satanic-ritual and day-care sex abuse scandals of the ‘80s and ‘90s. It’s as we didn’t learn from the Duke University lacrosse team scandal in 2006.
LINK: http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/2011/11/15/rushing-to-judgment-again-cain-sandusky/