[petek]

It is all well and good to be found innocent, but how do they regain their reputation. There will still be many who will say that he (and others) were "charged" while ignoring that they were also exonerated.

Bad news sells. Retractions, clarifications, and exonerations don't sell. When the front page announces atrocities and later a section B, inside, below the fold contains the retraction, clarification, and exoneration... well, what does John-Q Public remember?