Oregon Media Insiders

It's not that Larson is necessarily wrong here, but what must be understood is that everything he does is out of personal ambition and/or animosity. Over the years, he has thoroughly demonstrated his own lack of journalistic ethics. He could never again get a job as a professional reporter, and he knows it, which is why he clings so fiercely to the dying medium of AM radio.

Freelancer, Goldschimdt has acknowledged that the relationship (or whatever you want to call it) did indeed take place. However, the idea that his conduct was "beyond criminal" is absurd. Yes, it was unbecoming of a public official, and yes, it was/is illegal in the state of Oregon, but it hardly compares to forcible rape. Let's get a grip: Many countries (and, I believe, at least a few states) consider 14-year-olds to be capable of giving consent. It's not like he assaulted a five-year-old.