PSU editor quits after erroneous Paterno report

[dipsydoodle]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The managing editor of a student-run news organization that covers Penn State resigned Saturday after the publication's Twitter account sent messages saying former coach Joe Paterno had died, according to a letter on the publication's website.

Paterno's sons refuted accounts of their 85-year-old father's death in Twitter messages posted after those by Onward State.

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Rumours of my death are premature....................... what a fuck up.

[blogslut]

1. Good that the kid had the ethical character to resign.

[JohnnyLib2]

3. For sure. What a rare thing that is.

[Owlet]

2. Get it first. get it wrong

Hopefully this kid learned a lesson that still escapes most media.

Edwards did not explain in his letter how the error occurred but hinted that the pressure to get the story first may have been a factor.

"In this day and age, getting it first often conflicts with getting it right, but our intention was never to fall into that chasm," the letter said. "All I can do now is promise that in the future, we will exercise caution, restraint, and humility."