Comments on: Onward State Editor at Penn State Resigns After Mistaken Scoop About Paterno’s Death

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:20:21 +0000

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By: Student Press Trend: Editor Resignations; Is This a Good Thing? « College Media Matters

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:28:51 +0000

[...] late January, Devon Edwards resigned as managing editor of Onward State at Penn State University after sending out the mistaken tweet read and spread [...]

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By: Caramia

Caramia — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:16:35 +0000

Journalism is not done in isolation. It’s a process involving reporters and editors. What staff doesn’t proof, discuss and approve before anything is posted? The editor should not resign. The staff should stand together and investigate.

By: Eleonore

Eleonore — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:50:16 +0000

He did his job and reported what the sicko was doing, he doesnt really deserve a bad rep.
Hell, all the stress of dealing with the situation is probably what really killed him.

By: John Landers

John Landers — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:56:31 +0000

I would like to see Joe Paterno’s official death certificate and see the time the doctor’s pronounced him dead. If the time of death is on or before the time Devon Edwards broke the first report of Paterno’s passing then he needs to get his job back and be issued an apology. If Paterno had hung on a few more days this would not even be debatable, but he was indeed confirmed to have died within a few hours of Edwards Tweet. Perhaps Edwards was right and the Paterno was dead and the Paterno Family PR Machine didn’t want the story broke to the world in that manner. Let’s settle any question on this and see the time of death listed on Joe Pa’s death certificate.

By: Stefan John Jackson

Stefan John Jackson — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:09:36 +0000

Since JoPa did actually die, does this mean Devon Edwards gets reinstated as Onward State Editor?! Mr. Edwards is either prescient, pre-mature, or The Paterno descendants did what they’ve done a lot of lately, that is draped themselves in self-denying sanctimony. Give Mr. Edwards an A+ in PSU Journalism, credit him for the scoop! At least he was reporting with his head out of the sand …. not up his ass … or that of a pre-teen!

By: My Take on the Onward State Paterno Death Error Fiasco « College Media Matters

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:15:38 +0000

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