Poynter: How false reports of Joe Paterno’s death were spread and debunked

by Jeff Sonderman
Published Jan. 21, 2012 9:58 pm

News spread quickly Saturday evening that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had died. Except, he hadn’t.

Here is an account of how it happened.

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