Social media sets off firestorm of false reports Saturday that Joe Paterno died - Washington Post

22 January 2012, 11:04 am

CTV.caSocial media sets off firestorm of false reports Saturday that Joe Paterno diedWashington PostThe student report was picked up by a local Top 40 radio station, WBHV (94.5 FM), which added the detail that Paterno had died with his family by his side, according to the Poynter Institute, a journalism-education organization that itself tweeted the ...Social Media, Journalism, and the Death of Joe PaternoBusiness 2 CommunityHow Penn State student website evolved from 'online coffee house' to breaking newsPoynter.orgMedia reported death too early | Philadelphia Daily News | 2012-01-23Philadelphia Daily NewsHyperVocalall 17,616 news articles »... Read More »

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