Tommy Christopher is a crime against journalism

I agree with you 100% on this matter, Tommy. Thank you for setting them straight.

I won’t elaborate, but I support extreme sentencing against pedophiles. Nothing is lower than a pedophile.

Good Job Tommy, you seem to have the right perspective on this story. 

Tommy must have thought he had died and went to heaven to be in the liberal journalistic hub that is MSNBC.
 
And boy he kinda looks like a geek…
 
Of course on THIS topic he is 100% correct.More and more has come out telling a story of depravity and what has to be a severe form of mental illness.
 
The guilty should basically be put away forever.They could never be trusted again regardless of sentencing.

And there should be a very deep thorough investigation on how this all took place for so long and with so many incidents.The latest allegations,that some boys were “pimped out” should be pursued to find out who they were pimped out to.No mercy,prison for all,long sentences.
 
 
 
 

Tommy hit the nail on the head with this one

“And boy he kinda looks like a geek”

What a shallow and empty statement.

Ok this is a really weird blog entry..   going to be fun to watch the feed back from your intellectual bottom feeders around here.    .. let me get some cookies and sit back and watch.

Tommy is a first rate journalist; it’s absolutely no surprise he’s getting recognized for that in other media. 

Unfortunately, there are some who like to post reader comments at Mediaite who are somehow unaware that truth has a liberal bias, so this truth about Tommy can come to them as something of a shock to the more authoritarian minded. 

Poor things. Let us all pity their sad mental conditions.

Go Tommy Go!

You realize that, in your comment, you’re basically siding with a guy who raped 10-year-old boys, right? Is there something specific that Tommy Christopher said in the clip that you disagree with or was your defense of child rape just a reflex reaction? Because if you didn’t disagree with anything he said, you’re basically just showing that you’re an ideologically-driven sheep and don’t care about the facts, just partisan politics. 

I’m not sure I would go so far as to call this “a crime against humanity” but other than that I completely agree.

This is a case of child rape on a long and repeated basis.  It is also a case of criminal malfeasance over at least a decade by many of those in authority at PSU and most certainly others in authority.

I don’t see how anyone associated with the athletic program and the school admin who had even a suspicion of this and still failed to act can not be fully investigated and at a minimum dismissed without pensions. 

There is no reason that print media can’t detail McQueary’s testimony and TV and radio quote verbatim the “soft slapping sound” that drew McQueary to the showers and then use a less graphic, but just as informative, paraphrasing to show that the sound was the result of Sandusky raping the child against the shower wall and repeatedly reentering him.

That is what was witnessed and society should be informed.  After all that poor child, a little 10 year old boy, had to endure it.

It is literally sickening and I can’t believe that Sandusky had a bail set low enough that he met it and is now free.

Thank you, Tommy.   You’re correct and I’d love to see you on tv more often.  

MSNBC has a truth bias?

Seriously?

#fail

Several talk shows here in Denver brought this same issue up long before Tommy did…..hate to rain on Tommy’s parade but he is acting like he’s the only one to bring this up!!

Good Lord Tommy is ugly. Wow.

Fact: Northern trash has no bounds!!!

The devastation that rape brings to the life of the victim can not be adequately measured.  The media should never minimize rape and Tommy is right for correcting the errant reporting.  Words have so much power, especially today, it’ important they’re given the proper weight in accordance with the scope of the crime.

“#fail”? What kind of idiotic critique is that? Aren’t you supposed to be studying for Economics 101 right now? 

Hey retnug – Y not post us all here pic of your own presumably flawless god-like mug. Seriously, if it’s anywhere near as you imply, I expect we’re all going to just swoon in awe over it. 

Mind you, don’t disappoint us and post anything that looks remotely human, because, well, you know the crowd here … and I can flat out guarantee you I’ll be first in line to throw out the first cheap shot. 

That includes: no pimples or skin nuances, no flaws of any kind, a full clean jaw line, no commie facial hair, a perfect Ken Doll or Goobenor Perry helmet head o’ perfectly sculped pre-darkened hair-like stuff on your head (none of that Trump Under An Unshaved Rat), perfectly equal shoulders slanting down to non-bony shoulder tips, none of your pencil-neck tendencies, perfectly upright posture without looking too overtly creepy, and a complete set of 32 ultra bright chompers with not too much gumline showing, nothing too long or lascivious in the way of a tongue (Hold the tongue.), a suit that doesn’t look like it’s ever been worn before, brand new perfectly cut shirt, a tie of such distinctive taste and style none of us will ever remember it, no signs whatsoever of that electrolysis you had to get rid of the hairy palms problem, perfect make-up covering up all the fanboy tats … yeah and certain air of I Don’t Actually Work For A Living I Take Advanced Nuclear Theory And Remedial Phys Ed on Dahd’s Trust Fund.

Well … we’re waiting …

Unnecessarily inflammatory/provocative.

If anything, what the Catholic church did was a crime against humanity. There was a generational, international, systemic institutionalized covering up of pedophilia that transcended every imaginable border.

This case is far too isolated, at least based on what we know now. A few guys didn’t do the right thing because of professional ambitions/personal relationships. Not that uncommon. Only the subject matter is uncommon.

Was that really necessary. If you don’t respect Tommy, fine, go haunt so place else. But this was a disgusting, horrific crime with very real, fragile victims. Don’t turn it to some opportunity to shovel snark. Shame on you!

Gee, forgive him for not keeping his ear firmly pressed to the beat of the massive Denver, Colorado media machine. 

It was the most repulsive post ever made here.

Very petty of you.

You’re a crime against logic. 

If you didn’t have anything coherent to say, you could have just saved us all the time and not posted. 

A few guys covering up child rape for professional ambitions isn’t “that uncommon”? It’s not a big deal? So if you walked in on a co-worker raping a kid, you’d be alright with keeping that a secret as long as it helped out your career? 

There are some things that are more important than “professional ambitions/personal relationships.” One of them is making sure kids are getting raped by some dude you happen to be friends with. It’s tough to understand, I know, but try for a minute. 

By the way, in case it’s unclear, pointing out that the Catholic Church is worse doesn’t help you. It’s like saying you hate the guys who raped your whole family but the guy who raped your kid is okay. 

I’ll leave the back pats and atta boys for you!!

I find it actually quite amusing that Tommy has such an ego!!

I’d just like to add that your post is probably the stupidest I’ve ever read on the Internet. Thanks. 

Tommy looks like a Democrat.

Good job, Tommy.

Yep. Nerd is the word.

give them hell tommy..

it is time we stopped letting wealthy powerful people get away with horrendous crimes just becuase then can afford it…
these bastards really need to pay like the rest of  us….

This is my first time seeing Tommy’s face. I actually expected him to be older.

LOL

Thanks for the big joke you big joke.

You are a 1st rate dullard and miscreant!

Utterly childish, even for a round mouth like you!

says the resident pedophile.

he has one hell of a radio voice –that is for sure..
Tommy should have his own show…

as far as ugly>>>>>
i have seen some very ugly–pretty people–ie Fox News phonies…
i guess without all of the make up and airbrushing—many may not be as beautiful as they seem..

hey tommy–you are beautiful on the inside…:)
but again–one hell of a commentator voice..
talk to Al Gore dude—they need more good people on current…you come across like a solid trustworthy commentator–really~

Yeah TC- this is a crime against humanity perpetrated by people support your  gay agenda.

You’re a good guy, Tommy.  That’s always shone through about you, from way back when I was reading your columns on AOL.

Great job on this story.

Tommy Christopher was right yesterday and he’s still right today.

You dickheads must think looking like a geek is a terrible hideous flaw worthy of long wordy posts designed to make the author look smart and clever.As a self decribed geek who simply made an observation I have one thing to say to you…F Off….

Saying “reality has a liberal bias” is just another way of saying you’re a closed minded bigot and an intellectual coward, just so you know.

Sounds like a bromance made in Hell.

But you were wrong yesterday, today and will be wrong tomorrow.

Hitler’s ‘final solution’ was a crime against humanity.  This was a crime against a group of children but still horrible.

TC- you need to get a new dental plan.

King of the endless diatribe.

You know President Graham Spanier is up to his eyebrows in this after the Board of Trustees ordered him to keep silent.
If he had a meeting with Sandusky, he was his enabler.A fish rots from the head down!_________________________Pope Joe Pa from Ped StatePenn State football’s a perennial Big Ten power
Who are now lookin’ at their most shameful hour.
The case they must broach
Is an old defensive coach
Who liked to bugger young boys in the shower.A grad assistant busted Sandusky in mid-stroke
When he was givin’ an at risk youngster a poke.
He reported it to Joe Pa,
Who gave it a hearty “Ha Ha”
Then, next day, passed it to the A.D. as a joke.The sodomy rape report got kicked up the chain
To President Spanier who tried to contain
This man-boy sex scandal
By asking Sandusky to handle
His consensual boy rogerings in some other domain.You see, nobody ever bothered to call the cops
To protect the program, they pull out all stops.
‘Cause with pedophile rings
Powerful deviants pull strings
To hold a complaint in the loop ’til it drops.The Administration sat on the story for years
Knowing it was the sum of their worst fears
They kept the tale quiet
‘Til they couldn’t deny it
But now the Nittany Lion’s Judgment day nears.Now Justice will be done, we all can hope!And Joe Pa has shown he’s qualified to be Pope.But for kids in Happy ValleyDon’t wander down coach’s alleyAnd whatever you do, Don’t ever drop the soap!___________________________________Charles Ulysses Feney

WHERE DO MEDIAITE FINDS THE TALENT THAT IS BEING EMPLOYED??????????

We all feel compassion for the abused children. It is also true that JoPa never sexually abused anyone, he served Penn State for 61 years as a coach and took care of kids on his team. When JoPa was told of the sexual abuse, he notified the head of Athletics and the University president as required by the protocol set forth at the University. In the hindsight, JoePa should have gone beyond the protocol and got the law enforcement officers involved. However, we are missing one salient aspect of the story. JoePa is a state employee at Pen State. He must abide by the rules negotiated between the state employee union and the University. As a matter of fact, the trustees broke the legal protocol when they fired JoPa, a state employee without having a proper hearing as set for in the regualtions at the University. Trustees can not just fire a union employee summarily without due process. Similarly, JoPa was limited in his options when the case was reported to him. Tommy C should have at least mentioned the role of union rules in this write up. 

Way to muddle moral authority, Tommy.  You have a fair point in making sure this issue is not put in the same sphere as sexual impropriety between consenting people (or even categorized in the same tabloid terminology some authors have used to “amplify” allegations of sexual harassment made against Herman Cain, for instance).  To simply put it in those terms is dismissive to and diminishing of the seriousness of the charges leveled.  Then, as most liberals do, you take the opportunity to mis-describe the situation.

Sexual abuse of a child is a crime.  It’s not a crime against humanity.  That’s hyperbolic, alarmist, and morally confounding.  A heinous crime, as are many, many others.  Leave it at that.

YOU REALLY MEAN THIS?

“Trustees can not just fire a union employee”.

One of your primary concerns about htis entire sorry and heinous criminal enterprise of many years is union rights and rules being protected?

I’m not a lawyer but don’t most state’s have laws mandating people in authority to report to the police any suspected child abuse.

I would think that that would trump any union bargaining points/rules and if it doesn’t then perhaps it is time that the unions be stripped of their power in that regard.

Yes, I agree, it is hyperbole of the worst sort.

It does nothing to advance the truth that this entire thing was a huge criminal and immoral shameful series of episodes that will affect many people.

However, I reserve the term “crime against” humanity for the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin’s starvation of the Ukrainians. Pol Pot etc.

LOL…and note the sloping forehead…LOL

Yer a bad, bad, man!
See you in the cornfield!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dBtrLYsOo

I dunno wtf is going on in here,but it’s starting to look like the Fox Nation comments section…and then there is this Stonepark3 moron insulting everyone he doesn’t agree with or calling them pedophiles……

Seriously wtf?…Am I too sensitive or is this place filled with right wing nutjob @ssholes?

Substitute the word ‘right’ for ‘left’ and you’re spot on.

Dude looks like a girl.

Good stuff Tommy, thanks.

Wow….thanks for making my point moron.

Not so much filled to the brim as very much chock full o’ nuts.

Sometimes wingers accuse reasonable people of being in the employ of “the left”, whatever that it is (Will Rogers: “I don’t belong to any organized political party; I’m a Democrat.”)

And indeed some reasonable people quite unreasonably accused some of the authors of the more reactionary reader comments as being in the employ of “the right”, admittedly a less nuanced and diverse group, but nonetheless not exactly monolithic.

I do think EVERYONE, whether being reactionary or trying to reason thru the noise, is looking for some sort of reaction from others, whether or not it’s apparent being a big distinction. To some, the fate worse than being awful or wrong or awfully wrong is being ignored. To others, it’s enough to post what they have to say and then move on, oblivious or pretty close to that of whether the comment attracts response and what that might be. I think the worst of the bunch is pretty much indistinguishable from interactive porn, where they get off from provoking someone to respond, and whenever those types post something that gets ignored, the frustration level increases so they feel justified in raising the noise level, posting something outrageous, something beyond what they really believe, just to get a response from someone and thereby get off. 

I also think people here show a lots of reticence in hitting the “Flag” button (which isn’t always evident; you have to put your cursor right over where it’s located, on the right side of the page just under the reader comment), maybe not just because they haven’t figured it out, but because they are prepared to accept the noisy mob form of democracy here and want to reserve for themselves the occasional cheap shot. 

But the fact is that the design of this site encourages outrageous reader comments, because they are predicated first on a video clip where someone is saying something outrageous, plus a Mediaite employee either ramping that up or trying to nuance it down. Tommy Christopher seems to me the only Mediaite poster here who resists the urge to ramp things up and actually tries to reason out the clip, pointing out where he feels its wrong or right. That’s not just something that distinguishes Tommy from the rest of the Mediaite employees posting here, it’s what allows him to act like a journalist rather than a yell leader. 

I really don’t want an end to the mindless provocations and cheap shots; they are all easy to pick out and the pattern is very easy to identify over just a few stories. I am probably as guilty as anyone in taking advantage of them to point out how mindlessly needlessly provocative they are, but that has to happen to some extent, or folks new to the site are going to get the impression that they fairly represent the joint sentiment of most who post reader comments here. In any event, the proper approach to serial provocateurs is the Flag button.

Not so much filled to the brim as very much chock full o’ nuts.

Sometimes wingers accuse reasonable people of being in the employ of “the left”, whatever that it is (Will Rogers: “I don’t belong to any organized political party; I’m a Democrat.”)

And indeed some reasonable people quite unreasonably accused some of the authors of the more reactionary reader comments as being in the employ of “the right”, admittedly a less nuanced and diverse group, but nonetheless not exactly monolithic.

I do think EVERYONE, whether being reactionary or trying to reason thru the noise, is looking for some sort of reaction from others, whether or not it’s apparent being a big distinction. To some, the fate worse than being awful or wrong or awfully wrong is being ignored. To others, it’s enough to post what they have to say and then move on, oblivious or pretty close to that of whether the comment attracts response and what that might be. I think the worst of the bunch is pretty much indistinguishable from interactive porn, where they get off from provoking someone to respond, and whenever those types post something that gets ignored, the frustration level increases so they feel justified in raising the noise level, posting something outrageous, something beyond what they really believe, just to get a response from someone and thereby get off. 

I also think people here show a lots of reticence in hitting the “Flag” button (which isn’t always evident; you have to put your cursor right over where it’s located, on the right side of the page just under the reader comment), maybe not just because they haven’t figured it out, but because they are prepared to accept the noisy mob form of democracy here and want to reserve for themselves the occasional cheap shot. 

But the fact is that the design of this site encourages outrageous reader comments, because they are predicated first on a video clip where someone is saying something outrageous, plus a Mediaite employee either ramping that up or trying to nuance it down. Tommy Christopher seems to me the only Mediaite poster here who resists the urge to ramp things up and actually tries to reason out the clip, pointing out where he feels its wrong or right. That’s not just something that distinguishes Tommy from the rest of the Mediaite employees posting here, it’s what allows him to act like a journalist rather than a yell leader. 

I really don’t want an end to the mindless provocations and cheap shots; they are all easy to pick out and the pattern is very easy to identify over just a few stories. I am probably as guilty as anyone in taking advantage of them to point out how mindlessly needlessly provocative they are, but that has to happen to some extent, or folks new to the site are going to get the impression that they fairly represent the joint sentiment of most who post reader comments here. In any event, the proper approach to serial provocateurs is the Flag button.

Looks pretty much like a normal dude. Maybe you should reconsider the girls you’re going out with.

The truth has a liberal bias? 

As if I needed another reason to ignore everything you type.

This website is entertaining in alot of ways, and well layed out.. However, it’s a fucking magnet for the most insane leftwing troglodytes the world unfortuntely has to offer.

You’re a pedophile?

Gross.

I’m pretty sure he was just talking about TC in general. You’re free to continue with your faux outrage, as i’m sure your fellow travellers in leftwing paranoia appreciate it, but you know what he meant.  

Does your wife know you’re in love w/another boy? It’s getting down right creepy to say the least. Can’t you do it via e-mail or something or does he not respond?

I agree with you…Alan Colmes is one ugly Liberal know nothing.

He looks like Patton Oswalt, but at least Patton is funny.

Great stand to take, Tommy.  How many lives did this monster ruin?  And to call it “sex”?  You da man, today.  I feel the same way when people call what Cain is accused of “sexual harassment.”  If it is not in the workplace or other place protected by federal law, it is not “harassment.”  It can be an unwanted sexual overture or sexual assault, but not “sexual harassment.”  The claims that were settled, if true, would be sexual harassment. It’s all from the victim’s point of view.

I love it when Liberal trash try to be clever.  Like always Y O U  H A V E  F A I L E D!

If by Democrat you mean Pedophile, then I agree.

I agree 1000%.

Debby Downer

pfffft!

Ladies and gents I give you…rex the royal wonder hog!

Wow….thanks for making my point moron.

As to Dem4Ever2′s offering, this is case in point.  When I am Who I am’s question is responded to in a respectful, though partisan, corrective manner, this guy responds with an insult … in typical fashion of a left wing nutjob @sshole.

Kinda harsh on the T-man, aren’t you, Gunter?  Hell, my wife could buy him some new shirts and ties and frames for those glasses, and he’d be a regular on MSNBC in a month.  And I know it is off topic, but that black woman on MSNBC is hot, hot, hot!

pubis was over on the thread about the 14 yr old girl that got her computer hacked, pictures of her leaked and his only comment was “she’s hot!” Does that tell you anything? he’s more than likely one of those red dots on the map.

Tommy, stick with radio. Some of us just were not made for TV….

I almost never agree with Tommy, but he makes some good points in that column.

This response is totally inappropriate given the subject matter.  Shame on you.

I’m flagging you again and I will flag you every time.  I’m sick to death of your using innocent children for your attacks.  Mediaite needs to clean up their act and not allow someone like you a forum to post pedophile comments.  Just because you no longer post here with a propeller on the top of your head doesn’t mean we can’t recognize who you are.  YOU ARE A VERY SICK PERSON!  PLEASE SEEK HELP FOR THE SAKE OF ALL SOCIETY! 

No Stonepark3′s pedophile remarks are.  And he makes them in multiple posts day after day ….. and yet he is still here.  Mediaite needs to do something about this! NOW!

Truman Capote roadkill.

and I’m sure you look like Brad Pitt

Where do Mediaite finds, huh?

But not years of systematic rape of many young children?  Wow, that a crime against humanity as far as I’m concerned.  

Apparently someone got too worked up to read the last sentence where I said “Only the subject matter is uncommon”. It’s okay. Take your propranolol and go to bed now.

Says someone who is so incredibly stupid that he almost undoubtedly serves a role in keeping Rick Perry employed.

I wonder how the surviving relatives and friends of the 50 million+ dead at the hands of Hitler and Stalin alone agree with you since “crimes against humanity” has heretofore has reserved for their crimes and others like them.

If you see a moral equivalency you not elevating the undoubtedly disgusting crimes committed here but are rather  denigrating the massive incalculable crimes committed by two of mankind’s most evil men.

BTW, as a conservative I approve of the law in LA that was struck down allowing the death penalty for heinous acts against young children.  As a progressive kitten how do you feel about it?

J.Edgar with hair plugs.

I believe his comment was referring to TC in general and his pro-Obama slant in many of his articles. You know what he meant … no need to turn this into some big deal…

What I see as crimes against humanity are well, crimes against humanity.  Systematic rape and prostituting of young innocent children over decades qualifies for me.  I don’t reserve that judgement for only a certain group of people who had heinous crimes committed against them.  Or for just one or two people who committed those crimes.  That’s my opinion and obviously Tommy’s opinion too and I’m sticking to it.  As to the death penalty, I’m against it in all cases.  I don’t like being in those special few countries that still practice this barbaric act.  

Yawn!

Read the Grand Jury testimony and see if your opinion changes.  Is it more fun to bash Tommy on partisan issues and what not, but don’t equate raping a ten year old boy in a shower to whatever Herman Cain may or may not have done.  May I also add that this was a boy from his foundation for troubled kids?  May I also add that many many powerful people knew about this and did nothing? May I also report that there is an investigation going on into if he pimped out these kids to rich donors?

Give it a rest, get over yourselves, and go get your jollies off on another topic. 

Finally, Texan, we agree on something. I’ll drink a Lone Star for you in honor of the moment that we agreed that Publius is an idiot. 

You’ve got a really interesting point, you fucking idiot. 

You’re not doing a good job of ignoring him…

Altho I believe everyone in that chain of command need to be fired then prosecuted, I continue to wonder why the Catholic Church is not being held to the same contempt.  I have no clue how many young people were hurt by the Penn St debacle but Im guessing the Church managed to damage at least 1000 times as many as Penn St did.   Why are not many heads rolling within the Church?  WHY?????

I appreciate all of the supportive words here, and as I told Colby, I don’t feel like I deserve credit for pointing out something so obvious. I do credit Mediaite for affording me the opportunity to point it out in a forum that will actually reach its mark. The people who use this language also read Mediaite. They may or may not stop now, but they can’t claim ignorance.

To the few who had a problem with “crime against humanity,” I stand by it. See my Twitter feed for more on that.