No matter one's personal opinion of Roger Clemens, fandom or animus aside, the way people view these types of stories is more a function of the times in which we're living than the principles or morals of the viewer. Before 24-hour cable news, the internet, Twitter and, yes, the blogoshere, the circus surrounding Major League Baseball's steroid scandal would not have been possible. And without it, we all might have a very different perception of the people at the center of the story.
No one that I've read or heard has captured this truth as well as New York Times op-ed columnist Ross Douthat, in his Aug. 22 piece, "What Roger Clemens Wants."
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