Blame Penn State Riots On Joe Paterno
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By DERON SNYDER
In the end, Joe Paterno lost his perspective and ignored the big picture.
He thought about himself when he should have thought about the school he’d worked for since 1950. About the hundreds of thousands of Penn State students — past, present and future. About the countless child-abuse victims and the message he could send them.
But Paterno didn’t do the right thing Wednesday as the scandal consumed Penn State and his future was debated in the media. Instead the 84-year-old Paterno stubbornly tried to ride out the storm and dictate the terms of his departure.
