Anthony Reeves Drops a Bombshell

[Cratter]

Assistant professor Anthony Reeves shocked university officials with accusations that the school's music department chair made unwanted visits to his home, suggested they watch gay pornographic movies together and made suggestive comments to his life partner.

Prof: Rejection of chair's visits led to dismissal

[PCM]

Sing it, Don!

I make my living off the evening news

Just give me something, something I can use

People love it when you lose, they love dirty laundry

[The Sicatoka]

No, PCM. More like,

You don't really need to find out what's going on

You don't really want to know just how far it's gone

[jimdahl]

It's tough -- while there is definitely a line somewhere between reporting the news and appealing to base sensationalism, I understand how people find this newsworthy.

I personally have the same feeling I do when people rip on athletes on the message boards: I feel uncomfortable observing the impassioned personal criticims, but I also recognize that the people being discussed have intentionally put themselves in a situation where their performance would be observed by an interested public.

All allegations bear a newsworthiness problem in that anyone can accuse anyone else of anything. At what point is an allegation news or worthy of discussion -- when alleged or only when the accused is found to actually be guilty? The latter is undoubtedly fairer to the accused, but this situation was long ago thrust into public scrutiny.

[southpaw]

Personally, I've been sick of this story for a while... yet that hasn't stopped me from airing it during the news. There's certain reporters in GF who see this as a way bigger deal than it actually is and they continually bring stories to the table about it. It's a matter of if the reporter goes out of his way to do the story, we might as well air it because some people care.

[Cratter]

When does one news report become bigger than another? I think a lot of people care about this story. There hasn't been a thread dedicated to it yet....so here it is. I am sure there are people on this board who have interactions with Mr. Reeves who would like to share their personal experiences, yet don't want to make it "official."

[jloos]

1. Gay porn

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2. Gay love triangle

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3. Professor adopting 18 year old lovechild

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4. turned public scandle

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Just wait until the national media gets on this story. If Reeves keeps playing the "sexuality card" they are sure to glam on at some point.

[dakotadan]

Just wait until the national media gets on this story. If Reeves keeps playing the "sexuality card" they are sure to glam on at some point.

This is a very good point. If this keeps going on like it currently is, this could become a national spectacle. That is all that UND needs right now, more controversy on the national stage.