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Dan Bitson

I’ve never seen a field reporter constantly look down at the notes on her phone before. Wow.
If it's breaking news and they didn't have time to prepare a canned story beforehand, they do look at notes to make sure they don't miss anything or misrepresent what's happening.
 
I’ve never seen a field reporter constantly look down at the notes on her phone before. Wow.
Me personally , I don’t think things like this should ever make the news before someone is proven guilty , how many innocent lives have been ruined all because someone made something up
 
Me personally , I don’t think things like this should ever make the news before someone is proven guilty , how many innocent lives have been ruined all because someone made something up
I don't know, but assuming that this is about potential criminal conduct at school that may harm students (as opposed to say theft), which I don't know, talking just generally about the above point, the far, far, far more common situation is that the issue is kept secret by the school, the teacher quits before they get fired and then gets hired somewhere else where they can keep doing whatever they did the first time.

Also, you can't exactly keep it quiet until someone is proven guilty since if they are arrested, someone probably will notice they're gone. And usually the perp walk is a good clue. you also can't exactly muzzle the victims if they want to tell their stories.

If the teacher/coach was doing something that hurt students, how would you feel if he stayed on the job and hurt your kid, and then you found out that he was being investigated and had been charged, and maybe arrested and was out on bail, at the time he hurt your kid, but the school didn't tell you? I'd be pretty unhappy to say the least.
 
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I don't know, but assuming that this is about potential criminal conduct at school that may harm students (as opposed to say theft), which I don't know, talking just generally about the above point, the far, far, far more common situation is that the issue is kept secret by the school, the teacher quits before they get fired and then gets hired somewhere else where they can keep doing whatever they did the first time.

Also, you can't exactly keep it quiet until someone is proven guilty since if they are arrested, someone probably will notice they're gone. And usually the perp walk is a good clue. you also can't exactly muzzle the victims if they want to tell their stories.

If the teacher/coach was doing something that hurt students, how would you feel if he stayed on the job and hurt your kid, and then you found out that he was being investigated and had been charged, and maybe arrested and was out on bail, at the time he hurt your kid, but the school didn't tell you? I'd be pretty unhappy to say the least.
I do get what your saying , I’m all for temporary suspension until it was found out that they were guilty or innocent , you absolutely do have to protect the kids , however , on the flip side , how would you like it if some teenager got mad at you one day for any reason and makes something up just to get the teacher in trouble , they are pretty much ruined at that point when they did nothing wrong . I think there is probably a good middle ground here , I just don’t think involving the news at this point is a good idea. I do agree though that you have to protect the kids obviously, but you shouldn’t destroy someone’s life JUST off of an accusation. However , if it is proven they did something , then bring all of the news stations in and expose them
 
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