Sports Media Is Blowing the Coverage of Deshaun Watson
From the local paper to national NFL media, reporting on the allegations against the Texans quarterback reads like something from another generation.
April 1, 2021
Deshaun Watson, last December, at Chicago s Soldier Field.
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On Wednesday, the
Houston Chroniclepublished a story on its website under the headline “Statements from massage therapists in support of Deshaun Watson.” The story reproduced a press release issued by Watson’s attorney in which eighteen massage therapists claimed that they had worked with Watson as a client, and that the Texans’ quarterback who has been accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault in 21 lawsuits filed by other massage therapists in recent weeks had behaved in a professional manner during their encounters.