Penn State Scandal: Mike McQueary's CBS 'Interview' Buries Coach

Teased by the decision-makers at CBS News as an exclusive interview, Penn State assistant and one of the key witnesses in the Jerry Sandusky scandal, Mike McQueary spoke for 19 seconds and said nothing to Armen Keteyian on Tuesday's CBS Evening News.

Here is the entire interview:

With so much information contained in those 19 seconds, it makes you wonder how McQueary was able to speak so long. 

Most of the blame goes on CBS for pumping up the interview like it was something special, and they are getting destroyed by websites today. It looks even worse when you consider that just 24 hours earlier, Bob Costas did a real interview with Jerry Sandusky on NBC. 

But McQueary is the one who agreed to the interview. He had to step outside, he had to stand in front of the camera and he had to talk. If you want to talk, then talk. Don't come out of your house and just say nothing. 

Saying nothing in an interview was the worst possible thing that McQueary could have done. He has not been quiet throughout this whole situation, since he sent an e-mail to a former classmate that he did, in fact, act to stop Sandusky from sexually assaulting a boy in 2002. 

That directly contradicts what McQueary told a grand jury. He is not afraid to speak on the situation; it is just a matter of who he is going talk to about it. If his lawyers told him not to say anything, then he shouldn't have sent an e-mail to someone. 

McQueary is lost right now. He has no idea what he is doing, why he is doing it and how it is affecting everything with this case. His "statement" on CBS last night was a joke and he should be embarrassed for even doing it. 

If McQueary really wants to set the record straight, then come out and do it. Don't send e-mails, don't do 19-second interviews. Just say something, because the less you say publicly, the more you damage your already-tainted reputation.