The Ugly Harassment of Sara Ganim

'Patetrno Truthers' Harras Pulitzer Winner
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2012, file photo, candles on the steps of Old Main on the Penn State University campus spell out "Joe" in remembrance of former head football coach Joe Paterno during a memorial service in State College, Pa. Paterno died at the age of 85 after battling lung cancer. The reverberations from the Penn State child sex abuse scandal was selected as the sports story of the year by United States editors and news directors in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press, marking the first time that the same issue was selected in consecutive years since the AP began announcing a sports story of the year in 1990. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2012, file photo, candles on the steps of Old Main on the Penn State University campus spell out "Joe" in remembrance of former head football coach Joe Paterno during a memorial service in State College, Pa. Paterno died at the age of 85 after battling lung cancer. The reverberations from the Penn State child sex abuse scandal was selected as the sports story of the year by United States editors and news directors in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press, marking the first time that the same issue was selected in consecutive years since the AP began announcing a sports story of the year in 1990. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Sara Ganim doesn’t need anybody to defend her. The former Patriot-News reporter has a Pulitzer Prize under her belt already—for breaking open the Jerry Sandusky scandal that ended Joe Paterno’s reign at Penn State—as well as glamorous post-scandal gig at CNN. She’s doing OK.

And yet …

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