Where's the Truth in Erin Andrews Saga?
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Where's the Truth in Erin Andrews Saga?
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[QUOTE]I don't believe George W. Bush planned 9/11 or the U.S. government is hiding little green men in Area 51. But at the risk of being fitted for a tin foil hat, I have to ask:
Whatever happened to Erin Andrews?
A month has passed since her peephole video got more coverage than World War II. Her people were threatening lawsuits and ESPN vowed to bring the culprit to justice.
Since then there's barely been a peep.
As for a hole, there are enough to wonder whether the investigation is being conducted with the zeal everyone expected.
Maybe ESPN sleuths and some unnamed police force are trying to get to the bottom of this. If so, I want them chasing me the next time I drill a hole in a hotel wall and videotape my way into Internet history.
The only thing we've seen of Andrews since late July was a photo spread in GQ. It was shot pre-peephole and was harmless enough.
Well, there was one picture of her standing on top of a Gatorade cooler wearing a tight black skirt. She was surrounded by football players dying to quench their thirsts. You can be sure the photo was not approved by the Association for Women in Sports Media.
As for hearing anything from Andrews, all we've gotten is the tape of an emergency 911 call. Paparazzi were lurking outside her Atlanta-area home, and she was not happy.
"I did nothing wrong and I'm being treated like (bleeping) Britney Spears and it sucks," Andrews told the operator.
Note to Erin: If you want to stop being treated like Britney Spears, perhaps you should stop posing on top of Gatorade coolers surrounded by tongue-wagging young men.
That's not to say Andrews deserved the video indignity some pervert foisted on her. In the abstract, we're all guilty to some degree. Andrews played the role of Sideline Babe, ESPN promoted it and millions of viewers lapped it up.
It was all good fun until the peep show cretin set up a camera and yelled "Action!" Now everybody wants to catch the criminal, or at least know we're closing in. What we've gotten is silence.
That is not necessarily incriminating. You can see why prosecutors wouldn't want this to turn into a Nancy Grace Circus. But the tight lips go beyond the norm, and the lack of transparency fuels any conspiracy theory. So again, allow me to put on my tin foil hat.
Conspiracy Theory One -- Andrews staged the video
Evidence: She's hot right now, but at 31 it won't be too many years before the cheesecake appeal fades. Go for the Paris Hilton Effect and intentionally leak a nude video.
Verdict: No way. Until she does a reality show with Nicole Ritchie, Andrews deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Conspiracy Theory Two -- ESPN staged it
Evidence: It's TV.
For all its serious journalistic pretense, ESPN doesn't mind flashing a little T&A. Witness last week's NASCAR ceremony at the White House. ESPN got a sit-down interview on the lawn with Barack Obama. Nicole Manske set a record for shortest skirt worn by a non-Clinton intern. Let's just say Helen Thomas hasn't worn pumps like that since the Hoover Administration.
Verdict: Again, no way. Nobody at ESPN would be foolish enough to actually propose a peep-show caper in lieu of Andrews doing a commercial with Syracuse's mascot.
[B]Sub-Conspiracy Theory Two
[QUOTE]I don't believe George W. Bush planned 9/11 or the U.S. government is hiding little green men in Area 51. But at the risk of being fitted for a tin foil hat, I have to ask:
Whatever happened to Erin Andrews?
A month has passed since her peephole video got more coverage than World War II. Her people were threatening lawsuits and ESPN vowed to bring the culprit to justice.
Since then there's barely been a peep.
As for a hole, there are enough to wonder whether the investigation is being conducted with the zeal everyone expected.
Maybe ESPN sleuths and some unnamed police force are trying to get to the bottom of this. If so, I want them chasing me the next time I drill a hole in a hotel wall and videotape my way into Internet history.
The only thing we've seen of Andrews since late July was a photo spread in GQ. It was shot pre-peephole and was harmless enough.
Well, there was one picture of her standing on top of a Gatorade cooler wearing a tight black skirt. She was surrounded by football players dying to quench their thirsts. You can be sure the photo was not approved by the Association for Women in Sports Media.
As for hearing anything from Andrews, all we've gotten is the tape of an emergency 911 call. Paparazzi were lurking outside her Atlanta-area home, and she was not happy.
"I did nothing wrong and I'm being treated like (bleeping) Britney Spears and it sucks," Andrews told the operator.
Note to Erin: If you want to stop being treated like Britney Spears, perhaps you should stop posing on top of Gatorade coolers surrounded by tongue-wagging young men.
That's not to say Andrews deserved the video indignity some pervert foisted on her. In the abstract, we're all guilty to some degree. Andrews played the role of Sideline Babe, ESPN promoted it and millions of viewers lapped it up.
It was all good fun until the peep show cretin set up a camera and yelled "Action!" Now everybody wants to catch the criminal, or at least know we're closing in. What we've gotten is silence.
That is not necessarily incriminating. You can see why prosecutors wouldn't want this to turn into a Nancy Grace Circus. But the tight lips go beyond the norm, and the lack of transparency fuels any conspiracy theory. So again, allow me to put on my tin foil hat.
Conspiracy Theory One -- Andrews staged the video
Evidence: She's hot right now, but at 31 it won't be too many years before the cheesecake appeal fades. Go for the Paris Hilton Effect and intentionally leak a nude video.
Verdict: No way. Until she does a reality show with Nicole Ritchie, Andrews deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Conspiracy Theory Two -- ESPN staged it
Evidence: It's TV.
For all its serious journalistic pretense, ESPN doesn't mind flashing a little T&A. Witness last week's NASCAR ceremony at the White House. ESPN got a sit-down interview on the lawn with Barack Obama. Nicole Manske set a record for shortest skirt worn by a non-Clinton intern. Let's just say Helen Thomas hasn't worn pumps like that since the Hoover Administration.
Verdict: Again, no way. Nobody at ESPN would be foolish enough to actually propose a peep-show caper in lieu of Andrews doing a commercial with Syracuse's mascot.
[B]Sub-Conspiracy Theory Two
