Michigan State is in the news for all the wrong reason again, this time regarding its former Dean, William D. Strampel – accused not only of failing to protect women and girls from Dr. Nassar, but also with committing abuse himself.
Dan Murphy, who reported on Strampel and school-wide sexual assault issue, is now in the crosshairs after posting the following article but which included a picture (it is now changed to a pic of Strampel) of former Michigan State kicker Mike Sadler (who passed away in a car accident):
Updated story on William Strampel and the wide-reaching investigations into Michigan State's sexual assault issues. https://t.co/fveun6mWNI
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) March 27, 2018
Mark Dantonio shared his frustrations, not about the subject of sexual assault at Michigan State, but about the picture that was accidentally put up on the ESPN story.
.@DanMurphyESPN has stepped OVER the line. This is totally unacceptable. M. Sadler is a deceased player whose memory was being recognized with his #3 in the Spartan logo during his life celebration at Spartan Stadium. He was a decorated Academic All-American. #RIP3 #Inexcusable https://t.co/vTeQUQ0hbb
— Mark Dantonio (@DantonioMark) March 27, 2018
Murphy, who works for ESPN (which broke the school-wide sexual assault story) explained before Dantonio tweeted the above about why Mike Sadler’s photo came up in the tweet:
That's a stock photo that generates automatically when we send out a tweet. It's not included in the story and certainly was not put there intentionally. I apologize if anyone was offended by it. https://t.co/UUKipyzqZu
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) March 27, 2018
I notified our news desk as soon as it was pointed out to me, and it's been changed.
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) March 27, 2018
MSU also reportedly has spent $500,000 to monitor Nassar victims’ social media pages:
Report: MSU spent half a million dollars monitoring Nassar victims' and journalists' social media accounts https://t.co/lG2qohxEsU pic.twitter.com/DA0uSoL65F
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 28, 2018
An MSU blogger:
If you're more concerned about a botched image by ESPN than the actions of a Dean charged with abusing his position of power and facing 9 years in prison while allegedly enabling the most egregious documented serial sexual predator in American history – you're part of the problem
— Ryan Schuiling (@RyanSchuiling) March 28, 2018
