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This really doesn't seem like public interest reporting. It's well sourced and not outwardly judgmental, but the facts of the story are all in the headline: ric

This really doesn't seem like public interest reporting. It's well sourced and not outwardly judgmental, but the facts of the story are all in the headline: rich successful older man secretly does a lot of drugs and hangs around with younger women. If he was an actor this wouldn't be news.

kafkaesq 9y ago
Rich successful older man secretly does a lot of drugs and hangs around with younger women. No, it wasn't simply a matter of his doing drugs and "hanging around" with younger women. You might want to give the article a closer read.
danso 9y ago
Maybe you're the rare HN user who doesn't care about police oversight, but it's a public interest issue when police don't file reports for the wealthy and connected. It's clearer in the LA Times follow-up stories that USC's administration ignored the LAT for a year, including questions about how early USC knew of the dean's incident: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-dean-ethics-20170723-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-dean-ethic... > It remains unclear when top USC officials first learned about the allegations involving Puliafito. But The Times made repeated inquiries over the last 15 months about Puliafito, in some cases describing information reporters had gathered about the dean. USC’s leaders never responded to the inquiries. Numerous phone calls were not returned, emails went unanswered and a letter seeking an interview with USC President C.L. Max Nikias to discuss Puliafito was returned to The Times by courier, unopened. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-usc-dean-pasadena-overdose-20170725-htmlstory.html http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-usc-dean-pasadena-o... > “As indicated in the article, initially there was no police report made of the incident,” Mermell said. “There should have been and that was a failure on the part of our responding officer. Once this came to light, [police] undertook an appropriate investigation and ultimately the involved officer was the subject of disciplinary action.” If he were an actor, maybe this would just make TMZ. But he's not just an actor, he's dean of a prestigious medical school. Just like Trump's tweets aren't front page news until he became president.

kafkaesq 9y ago

Rich successful older man secretly does a lot of drugs and hangs around with younger women. No, it wasn't simply a matter of his doing drugs and "hanging around" with younger women. You might want to give the article a closer read.

danso 9y ago

Maybe you're the rare HN user who doesn't care about police oversight, but it's a public interest issue when police don't file reports for the wealthy and connected. It's clearer in the LA Times follow-up stories that USC's administration ignored the LAT for a year, including questions about how early USC knew of the dean's incident: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-dean-ethics-20170723-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-dean-ethic... > It remains unclear when top USC officials first learned about the allegations involving Puliafito. But The Times made repeated inquiries over the last 15 months about Puliafito, in some cases describing information reporters had gathered about the dean. USC’s leaders never responded to the inquiries. Numerous phone calls were not returned, emails went unanswered and a letter seeking an interview with USC President C.L. Max Nikias to discuss Puliafito was returned to The Times by courier, unopened. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-usc-dean-pasadena-overdose-20170725-htmlstory.html http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-usc-dean-pasadena-o... > “As indicated in the article, initially there was no police report made of the incident,” Mermell said. “There should have been and that was a failure on the part of our responding officer. Once this came to light, [police] undertook an appropriate investigation and ultimately the involved officer was the subject of disciplinary action.” If he were an actor, maybe this would just make TMZ. But he's not just an actor, he's dean of a prestigious medical school. Just like Trump's tweets aren't front page news until he became president.