The Joe Paterno Story

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The Joe Paterno story clearly indicates that the media will quickly spin a story for their own benefit. Upon hearing about Mr. Paterno falling ill, CBS Sports decided to report that Joe Paterno passed away on twitter as well as it's own website. The inaccurate story spread across the internet, even though it had nothing to back up it's information. Joe Paterno's son, Jay, had to take to twitter to discredit the story about his father's death, but did inform the world that his dad was in critical condition. Shortly after, Joe Paterno did in fact die. This story revealed to me that reporters like to predict the future based off of information that they already know. I can infer that the CBS Sports reporters may have know about Joe's condition

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