Last week, the Washington Post suspended (and later reinstated) a journalist who, following Kobe Bryant’s death, Tweeted a link to the basketball superstar’s past rape allegations. We discuss complicated legacies, and whether memorialising our heroes risks erasing their shortcomings.

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lim Sue Ann, Juliet Jacobs

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Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  The Daily Digest,  Kobe Bryant,  memory,  legacy,  heroes,  basketball superstar,  helicopter crash,  Washington Post,  Felicia Sonmez,  Jill Filipovic,  rape accusation,  sexual assault allegation,