Social media sets off firestorm of false reports that Joe Paterno died

 

By Paul Farhi, Sunday, January 22, 6:25 AM

Reports of Joe Paterno’s death turned out to be greatly exaggerated Saturday night. But unlike Mark Twain’s famous declaration that he was still alive 115 years ago, the erroneous accounts about the former Penn State football coach’s demise traveled far and wide within minutes, whipped into a firestorm by social media. [Continue...]

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