Sloppy journalism from the AJC
The story reads:
A Cobb County high school counselor arrested for fondling a student has declined to resign.
Frank Robinson, 45, has been accused of touching the intimate parts of a 17-year-old female student, who was in his office at Lassiter High School. Robinson turned himself into police Saturday morning, and was released from jail later that day on $5,000 bond.
He hasn’t been convicted of anything, so the lede is far too definitive. A more accurate wording could have been “he was arrested on charges that he fondled…” or something else that makes it clear that it’s just an allegation. The fact that he’s not resigning makes it clear that he’s not admitting any culpability.
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