Candles circle the statue of Joe Paterno, the former Penn
State football coach, outside of Beaver Stadium in the early hours of January
22, 2012 in State College, Pennsylvania. The community was reacting to news
that Joe Paterno, who is suffering from lung cancer and who was fired in
November in the aftermath of child sex abuse charges against a former
assistant, was in serious condition.
To make matters a little worse, A student-run news
organization that covers Penn State has posted a letter online from its
managing editor announcing his immediate resignation after the publication’s
Twitter account sent messages saying former coach Joe Paterno had died.
Paterno’s sons disputed Onward State’s Saturday posts, and
the publication recanted. But not before the erroneous information was reported
and amplified by many media organizations across the country and retweeted
uncounted times. The Associated Press did not publish the report.
Devon Edwards says in the letter that he takes
responsibility and “never, in a million years, would have thought that Onward
State would be cited by the national media.” He did not explain how the error
occurred.
(Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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