On the theme of canned facts (facts that are not reported), there are various reasons why relevant facts are canned, which include, being ignored, being suppressed or simply not being believed. Another reason is that they may have been forgotten. Since I've (to use the pejorative vernacular) bought into John Ziegler's narrative of the Penn State scandal, I thought I'd look into some of the other stuff that Ziegler's done in his journalistic career.
For a number of years, he did a radio talk show with a co-host named Leah Brandon. There's an archive here, where the episodes are easily downloadable (I like to listen to such things on an ipod). I've found a few of his shows, where he could be said to have achieved a bit of infamy. He was a very avid follower of the OJ Simpson case. He had dated Kim Goldman, sister of OJ victim, Ron Goldman. He interviews her here, in the second hour of his show. In the next hour, here, he gives a very entertaining description of how he disrupted a sports memorabilia event attended by OJ. The Goldmans won a civil judgment against OJ and these autograph signing events offered a way for OJ to get around paying cash to the Goldmans. Ziegler found out that there was going to be one of these things very close to where he was living, so he went and told the promoter, "over my dead body!" He successfully managed to prevent OJ from participating in this event and arguable forced him to have to deal with less reputable, sleazy characters, which eventually got him arrested and incarcerated for kidnapping. I highly recommend listening to these episodes.
There's also an episode, here, where he describes getting arrested at an event where he has a ticket to hear Matt Sandusky speak. His post at http://www.framingpaterno.com/ has several YouTube videos of it. Matt Sandusky is Jerry Sandusky's adopted son who flipped in the middle of his trial and went on to receive a settlement from Penn State.
What is to be made of such antics? Most of us probably love it when someone on our side of an issue is doing it and detest it when it's done by someone on the other side. But it is possible to respect it on the other side as Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks does in this YouTube video, where Ziegler badgers the head of the American Conservative Union with some uncomfortable questions.
List of Links:
https://soundcloud.com/freespeechbroadcasting
https://soundcloud.com/freespeechbroadcasting/johnleah-hr2-151005
https://soundcloud.com/freespeechbroadcasting/johnleah-hr3-151005
https://soundcloud.com/freespeechbroadcasting/johnleah-hr3-160501
http://www.framingpaterno.com/video-documentary-evidence-shows-john-zieglers-arrest-matt-sandusky-event-was-farce-likely-criminal
http://www.framingpaterno.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf2BSmRmUGQ
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