text: This website is dedicated to compiling and analyzing the evidence that an out-of-control news media created a false narrative in the Jerry Sandusky story, which effectively framed Joe Paterno for crimes he obviously didn't commit, and of which he may have had extremely limited knowledge (assuming they even happened, which the evidence now strongly suggests they did not). This has resulted in an unjust destruction of a man's entire life's work and legacy, while doing incredible damage to a university and football program which almost certainly did not deserve the unprecedented and illogical punishments they received. 
   
   This site is NOT a defense of child sexual abuse. This site is also NOT remotely based on a conspiracy theory (the term "Framing" is meant figuratively, and not literally), but rather the notion that an incompetent, ratings-driven media told this story in a way not consistent with the facts, or even basic logic, and are now too invested in their fairytale to ever correct their colossal errors. 
   
   We ARE dedicated to exposing the truth in this case and this website is the home of a documentary film on this subject, "The Framing of Joe Paterno" as well as our first online book, "The Betrayal of Joe Paterno and our second online book (which is mostly satirical), "Perfect Sense." 
   
   While this site began as a defense of Paterno, after investigating the case for two years and interviewing Sandusky twice in prison, it became obvious that Sandusky himself has also been done a horrendous injustice. While this revelation will be shocking to people who have not followed the case closely, if you look at the evidence here with an open mind, there is little doubt that you will come to the same conclusion. 
   
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   9/22​/16: Must-Watch! The Most Comprehensive Video Interview Ever Done on the Penn State Case 
   
   John Ziegler Holds Fiery Press Conference Attacking the Media After Jerry Sandusky's Appeal Hearing Results in Shocking Pro-Sandusky Ruling From Judge! 
   
   New Video: Inside Scott Paterno's Role in the Fiasco & His New "Revelations" 
   
   
   
   HUGE NEW RELEASE: The REAL Story of How/Why Aaron Fisher & His Mother Dawn Started the Scam (With Crazy Updates On Dawn "Fisher's" Meltdown as Post Goes Viral) 
   
   
   
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   Latest Interviews : WRSC-FM in State College Reviews All the Recent Aaron Fisher Revelations 
   
   Great New Content from San Diego "Upon Further Review" on Eve of NCAA Convention: 
   
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   Recent Events : 
   
   Hmmmm... Penn State is Fighting Release of Key BOT Emails 
   
   Ray Blehar on the Real Story of Fina and McGettigan as Not Told by CBS News 
   
   Ray Blehar on Whether the McQueary Episode Really Was Reported to the Proper Authorities 
   
   KDKA in Pittsburgh Host Rips Ziegler, Refuses to Have Him On, Changes Mind, and Gets Schooled On Air 
   
   Ziegler Interview With State College Radio on Sandusky Letter and True Meaning of Settlements 
   
   Awesome: Penn Stater Makes News By Selling Disney Stock in Protest of ESPN Coverage 
   
   Spencer Niles Rips PSU BOT for Intimidating Student Member off Paterno Lawsuit 
   
   PA State Senator Takes PSU BOT to the Woodshed Over Handling of Sandusky Settlements 
   
   Sandusky Prosecutor Expresses Shock the Media Became Obsessed with the Story 
   
   Ray Blehar on What the Preliminary Hearing Says About the PR Blunders on November 2011 
   
   NCAA Hypocrisy is Further Exposed as They Still Have Paterno Items in Their Store 
   
   John Ziegler Radio Interview on Recent Developments in the Penn State Case 
   
   Transcripts from Penn State Preliminary Hearing are Released 
   
   Great Video Exposing the Fraud that is the "Schultz Secret File" Myth 
   
   Chairman of of PSU BOT Reveals He Had Spinal Removal Surgery in USA Today Interview 
   
   Franco Harris Releases Statement Asking For Members of PSU BOT to Resign 
   
   Get the Popcorn Ready! Graham Spanier is Suing Louis Freeh 
   
   Onward State Publishes Even More Extensive Transcript of our Blackledge Interview 
   
   The Morning Call Newspaper Publishes Partial Transcript of our Todd Blackledge Interview 
   
   What if Freeh Investigated the Patriots Over Hernandez? 
   
   Petition to Support the Paterno Family Lawsuit Against the NCAA 
   
   Former PSU Player Tom Donchez Explains Support for Paterno Lawsuit Against NCAA 
   
   Former PSU Quarterback Defends Football Culture Under Joe Paterno 
   
   Over 300 Former PSU Football Players, Including ESPN's Blackledge, Publicly Support Paterno Lawsuit 
   
   Unscientific State College Poll on Sandusky Scandal Yields Some Interesting Results 
   
   Centre Daily Times Publishes Letter to Editor About Ziegler/Erickson Encounter 
   
   John Ziegler and Kevin Slaten Discuss the "Meeting" With PSU President Rodney Erickson 
   
   Ray Blehar's Review of the "Costas Tonight" Special on Freeh Report 
   
   Shocking: MSM Writer Actually Seems to Understand What is Really Going On Here 
   
   Poll on Paterno Lawsuit at Anti-Paterno Newspaper Shows There Are a Lot of "JoeBots" Out There 
   
   Interesting Q and A on the Prospects for the Paterno Lawsuit Against NCAA 
   
   From the Archives: Sara Ganim Is Forced to Admit in Court that She Brought the State Victim 6 
   
   John Ziegler Named 7th Most Notable PSU Person of the Year, Just Ahead of "Squirrel Whisperer" 
   
   275 Attend Franco Harris "Upon Further Review' Event In State College 
   
   Centre Daily Times Previews Franco Harris Event in State College With Typical Bias 
   
   Former NCAA Investigator Rips Penn State for Accepting Bogus NCAA Sanctions 
   
   "The Framing of Joe Paterno" Mini Movie Headlines American Documentary Film Festival 
   
   USA Today Does Far Greater Investigation Into NCAA President than Freeh Did of PSU 
   
   Book By Lanny Davis Documents How PSU BOT Wet Their Pants In Firing Paterno 
   
   PSU Lettermen Take PSU BOT to the Woodshed in Press Conference 
   
   PSU BOT Follow Up Meeting to the "O.J. Meeting" Gets Very Interesting 
   
   Dick Thornburgh Responds to Frazier's Bizarre Rant, Doesn't Mention O.J. 
   
   Black PSU BOT Member Doesn't Care About Upcoming Trials Because White People Know O.J. Simpson Was Guilty 
   
   Emails From Freeh Team Would Be Considered Proof of Conspiracy by Freeh 
   
   Freeh Contract Reveals Blueprint For Where Investigation Would Go 
   
   PSU BOT Embarrassments Continue: Now Claiming Paterno Wasn't Fired 
   
   Brilliant Parody of ESPN Reporter's Incompetence On Sandusky Story 
   
   Franco Harris Calls On Penn State to "Rebuild Our Wall!" 
   
   Media Now Reduced to Ripping Franco Harris for His Running Style 
   
   250 Brave Snow Storm/Traffic to Learn Other Side of Sandusky Story 
   
   Slides Franco Harris Uses In His "Upon Further Review" Conferences 
   
   John Ziegler Tries to Open the Mind of Popular Philly Sports Radio Host 
   
   Transcript of Franco Harris/Mark Emmert Exchange 
   
   Video of the Entire First "Franco Harris" Townhall Conference in Pittsburgh 
   
   THE "FRAMING OF JOE PATERNO" MINI MOVIE! 
   
   This "Mini Movie" is intended as a small sampling of what the full documentary might look like if we get the support to do it. It has been accepted into the American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs and the West Chester Film Festival, both in April. 
   
   Please Share the Videos Far and Wide! 
   
   Philadelphia Inquirer Does Relatively Fair Article on Mini Movie 
   
   Philadelphia Inquirer Does Second Version of Article on Mini Movie 
   
   Penn State Newspaper Does Story on "Framing Paterno" Mini Movie 
   
   Pittsburgh Paper On Franco Harris Event Where Movie Debuted 
   
   Web Site of Patriot News Reviews: Mini Movie is "Required Viewing" 
   
   Bleacher Report Story on Mini Movie 
   
   Part One of Our Plan..... Expose the Media Bias.... 
   
   In order to quantify the impact of the incredibly one-sided media coverage, we commissioned a scientific nationwide poll to determine the public's knowledge of the story. Thanks to remarkable support from those who want to see the truth finally come out here, we were able to fulfill our promise. And now... 
   
   Our public press release for the poll can be read here. 
   
   John Ziegler's Op-ed column for several Pennsylvania newspapers can be read here. 
   
   The Media Research Council's article can be read here. 
   
   The Penn State student paper article can be read here. 
   
   Listen to an awesome interview on the poll with KDKA CBS Pittsburgh here 
   
   Listen to another good PA radio interview dealing with several of our activities here 
   
   Part Two of Our Plan... 
   
   We have designed a T-shirt (seen to the right) which, thanks to your donations, we gave away to almost 1,000 Penn State students to wear at the first home game and the rest went to the Rally for Resignations.. 
   
   Part Three!!! 
   
   Here is an exclusive MUST SEE VIDEO on the "cover up"!!! This is exactly what would have had to have happened if the Freeh Report is correct. Spread the truth and the laughs! 
   
   You can listen to Kevin Slaten interview John Ziegler about the video here 
   
   Part Four... 
   
   John Ziegler issues $10,000 Charity Challenge to Media on next "Penn State" Trial... 
   
   Here is our press release. 
   
   Will the media back up their beliefs for the sake of the victims of sexual abuse?? 
   
   Read the INCREDIBLE E-mail exchange Ziegler had over this topic with the Program Director at the two biggest talk stations in Philadelphia (both of which have been EXTREMELY anti-Paterno/truth). See his arrogance and ignorance here. 
   
   Even more remarkably, read about what happened when Ziegler was invited on to one of the very shows that Program Director told him he had been banned from!! Numerous FCC complaints have already been filed because Buzz Bissinger dropped the F bomb!! 
   
   Part Five... 
   
   The weekend of Penn State's first home game we will be in State College starting to shoot for our proposed documentary. 
   
   Articles about this development have been printed in two major local papers, including here and here. 
   
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   Ray Blehar On How the AG's Office Started the False Narrative 
   
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   A List of the Most "Under Known" Facts of the Sandusky Scandal 
   
   The Media Now Sees Pursuing the "Truth" as a Sign of Insanity 
   
   On Anniversary of Joe Pateno's Death, Todd Blackledge Speaks Out! 
   
   What Manti Te'o Has Taught Us About How ESPN Determines Veracity 
   
   John Ziegler Attacks False "Football Cover Up" Media Narrative on TV 
   
   Patriot News Publishes Our Column on Franco/Emmert Exchange ||||| (Photo Credit: KDKA) 
   
   PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A letter was apparently mistakenly sent to former coach and convicted child abuser Jerry Sandusky, asking him to renew his season tickets. 
   
   The athletic department sent the letter last week to the former Penn State coach’s home in State College, Pennsylvania. 
   
   It asks Sandusky to renew his football season tickets for the 2015 season and even invites him to schedule a “recruiting” visit to an upcoming basketball game. 
   
   The letter even appears to be signed by new head football coach James Franklin. 
   
   KDKA obtained these photos of the letter from documentary filmmaker John Ziegler who runs the website http://www.FramingPaterno.com. 
   
   Ziegler says he obtained the letter from someone inside the Sandusky household, but that it wasn’t from Jerry’s wife Dottie. 
   
   The letter goes on to read: 
   
   “Dear Gerald A,” the letter reads. “Congratulations on being identified as one of the elite college football fans in the nation. You have worked diligently to separate yourself by exhibiting unrivaled tenacity, character, and loyalty. Passionate and competitive, you are the leading standard of a first class fan base.” 
   
   The letter appears to be some sort of automated mass mailing, and it’s likely a stamp used to sign Franklin’s name. 
   
   Sandusky was convicted in June 2012 of 45 counts of sexual abuse involving 10 children, including incidents on campus. He was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in state prison. 
   
   He has lost an appeal to the state Supreme Court but maintains he is innocent. 
   
   Penn State released the following statement about the letter: 
   
   “Clearly, a mistake was made and our database needs further updating and cross-referencing. This standard form letter was part of a mass mailing sent to approximately 30,000 people who have had season or single game tickets within the past four years, encouraging them to support the team and help fill Beaver Stadium for every game in 2015.”
target: – "Dear Gerald A: Congratulations on being identified as one of the elite college football fans in the nation. You have worked diligently to separate yourself by exhibiting unrivaled tenacity, character, and loyalty." Not a bad way to start your appeal to a season-ticket holder if you're trying to get him to renew—but perhaps Penn State should've checked its mailing list before sending this one out. The letter was sent to the Pennsylvania home of Jerry Sandusky, the college's former assistant football coach and convicted sex offender, KDKA reports. The letter to Sandusky—who of course isn't at his home because he's in prison for about 60 more years—is signed by head football coach James Franklin. KDKA says it obtained photos of the letter from Joe Ziegler, who runs FramingPaterno.com and says he received the missive from "someone inside the Sandusky household" other than Sandusky's wife. Penn State released a statement about the letter, explaining that a mass mailing went out to about 30,000 people. "Clearly, a mistake was made and our database needs further updating and cross-referencing," says the statement. (NCAA sanctions against Penn State were only recently removed.)