The Ray Rice Elevator Video

Here's a story that puts it all in perspective. Perhaps the best story that
I've read on the topic.

 

Like Sonner said, was it caught on tape. Little bit easier to remember and be outraged when it can be seen, over and over.

 

So, ignore them all, then?

 

The outrage here isn't at Rice as much as it has been at the NFL for conducting a perfunctory investigation.

 

But Roger said they were told that could not have access to the tape.

 

Yeah. The State Police wouldn't give it to them.

 

And they only use credible sources.

The follow-up question that she blew: "Do you doubt the authenticity of the tape?"

 

BTW Express is absolutely right. I'm stunned that most of the press has completely taken its eye off the ball -- in that there are still NFL players on the field with charges against them. Instead, the NYT ran a huge story today in the sports section saying "TMZ has arrived" and last night's AC360 on CNN spent more time on one of of its staffers' personal stories of abuse. If everyone (from NFL to sports editors) really took the matter seriously, there would be more outcry about what's currently going unpenalized in the NFL and what should happen now about ongoing cases.

The other thing no one's addressing is: where did TMZ get its video? Who gave it to them but not the NFL?

 

She really needed to ask that? What's he going to say, 'yes. we believe she slipped and hit her head in the elevator.'

 

Yes, she needed to ask that. When his excuse is that TMZ doesn't use credible sources, but the NFL does, then she needed to ask that.

He says: "No, we don't doubt its authenticity."

She says: "Then what is lacking about the credibility of the source that TMZ used that would have precluded the NFL from using it?"

 

TMZ hasn't arrived. TMZ has been here for years. As has Deadspin, and a few others.

 

BTE is right in one respect: Once the initial "outrage" wears off, a lot of folks will move on to the next shiny object. And, there is a sizable portion of the NFL fan base that will forgive ANYTHING as long as the perpetrator can help their team win football games (See Michael Vick, Ben Roethlisberger, etc.).

But, people have always been fickle and short-sighted in their outrage. The "media" was supposed to be different - better at holding entities like the NFL accountable for things like this. Investigating just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to domestic violence among its players. And, holding someone's feet to the fire about addressing the totality of the issue.

If you're saying now that the media is no better than the moron flock that stokes social media "outrage," I guess that's a different argument.