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A parody by Onion Sports Network about the Penn State rape scandal ignited on Twitter shortly after publication, generating over 1,152 tweets and 12,000 Facebook likes in its first hour of publication. Called Sports Media Asks Molestation Victims What This Means For Joe Paterno’s Legacy, the article underscores that quality content can and will be identified instantly by the sports social media community, even when every media outlet, blogger and tweeter is concentrating on the same thing.
One reason Onion Sports Network’s article is taking off is because it is so different from the cacophony of coverage going on everywhere else. It provides catharsis to a tragic, widening story that will likely to be the biggest sports scandal in our lifetime. True to Onion Sports Network’s form, it is also quality content.
Sports Media Asks Molestation Victims What This Means For Joe Paterno’s Legacy is satire, where fictional quotes from USA Today writer Steve Wieberg Sports Illustrated writer Stewart Mandel, and ESPN senior writer Ivan Maisel recount asking alleged rape victims of former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky whether they were concerned if the scandal would affect Joe Paterno’s legacy.
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