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  • A letter from the Managing Editor of Onward State:

    Earlier this evening, Onward State reported that Joe Paterno had passed away. However, the mountain of evidence stacked opposite that report is too much to ignore. At this time, I would like to issue a retraction of our earlier tweets.

    I never, in a million years, would have thought that Onward State would be cited by the national media, and today, I sincerely wish it never had been. To all those who read and passed along our reports, I sincerely apologize for misleading you. To the Penn State community and to the Paterno family most of all, I could not be more sorry for the emotional anguish I am sure we caused. There are no excuses for what we did. We all make mistakes, but it’s impossible to brush off one of this magnitude. Right now, we deserve all of the criticism headed our way.

    In this day and age, getting it first often conflicts with getting it right, but our intention was never to fall into that chasm. All I can do now is promise that in the future, we will exercise caution, restraint, and humility.

    I can only hope and pray that the outstanding work our writers and photographers do on a day-to-day basis is not overshadowed by the events of tonight. I understand that our reputation is in serious question, but I hope you will continue to stand by us as we do everything in our power to make amends.

    To begin that process, I will be stepping down from my post as Managing Editor, effective immediately. I take full responsibility for the events that transpired tonight, and for the black mark upon the organization that I have caused.

    I ask not for your forgiveness, but for your understanding. I am so very, very, sorry, and we at Onward State continue to pray for Coach Paterno.

    Sincerely,

    Devon Edwards

    fred2630

  • Thats ballsy, he could have put the blame on his source, but took it all. Doubt the big boys will do the same.

    Itzsessil

  • The guy messed up in a big way but, at least he was man enough to admit it and apologize for his mistake.
    I can respect that.

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    ChillyBuck

  • Is that the student paper?

    JoeHoo

  • ChillyBuck said...

    The guy messed up in a big way but, at least he was man enough to admit it and apologize for his mistake. I can respect that.

    absolutely

    "Cappy"

    CapitalBuck

  • Im a bit angry with it all, so I will just say I wish this were to start a trend or have been part of a trend..not the exception.

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  • Devon: showing more class in the span of 3 hours than ESPN has shown since it's existence.

    I am now awaiting the apology from CBSSports.

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  • JoeHoo said...

    Is that the student paper?

    No, it's a student run blog, started about 4 years ago. Some of the content really isn't journalism at all, but a lot of people visit the site for information.

    The student paper is The Daily Collegian.

    Andrew Dzurita ●

  • fred2630 said...

    A letter from the Managing Editor of Onward State:

    Earlier this evening, Onward State reported that Joe Paterno had passed away. However, the mountain of evidence stacked opposite that report is too much to ignore. At this time, I would like to issue a retraction of our earlier tweets.

    I never, in a million years, would have thought that Onward State would be cited by the national media, and today, I sincerely wish it never had been. To all those who read and passed along our reports, I sincerely apologize for misleading you. To the Penn State community and to the Paterno family most of all, I could not be more sorry for the emotional anguish I am sure we caused. There are no excuses for what we did. We all make mistakes, but it’s impossible to brush off one of this magnitude. Right now, we deserve all of the criticism headed our way.

    In this day and age, getting it first often conflicts with getting it right, but our intention was never to fall into that chasm. All I can do now is promise that in the future, we will exercise caution, restraint, and humility.

    I can only hope and pray that the outstanding work our writers and photographers do on a day-to-day basis is not overshadowed by the events of tonight. I understand that our reputation is in serious question, but I hope you will continue to stand by us as we do everything in our power to make amends.

    To begin that process, I will be stepping down from my post as Managing Editor, effective immediately. I take full responsibility for the events that transpired tonight, and for the black mark upon the organization that I have caused.

    I ask not for your forgiveness, but for your understanding. I am so very, very, sorry, and we at Onward State continue to pray for Coach Paterno.

    Sincerely,

    Devon Edwards

    Can he run for BOT??

    md154

  • fred2630 said...

    A letter from the Managing Editor of Onward State:

    Earlier this evening, Onward State reported that Joe Paterno had passed away. However, the mountain of evidence stacked opposite that report is too much to ignore. At this time, I would like to issue a retraction of our earlier tweets.

    I never, in a million years, would have thought that Onward State would be cited by the national media, and today, I sincerely wish it never had been. To all those who read and passed along our reports, I sincerely apologize for misleading you. To the Penn State community and to the Paterno family most of all, I could not be more sorry for the emotional anguish I am sure we caused. There are no excuses for what we did. We all make mistakes, but it’s impossible to brush off one of this magnitude. Right now, we deserve all of the criticism headed our way.

    In this day and age, getting it first often conflicts with getting it right, but our intention was never to fall into that chasm. All I can do now is promise that in the future, we will exercise caution, restraint, and humility.

    I can only hope and pray that the outstanding work our writers and photographers do on a day-to-day basis is not overshadowed by the events of tonight. I understand that our reputation is in serious question, but I hope you will continue to stand by us as we do everything in our power to make amends.

    To begin that process, I will be stepping down from my post as Managing Editor, effective immediately. I take full responsibility for the events that transpired tonight, and for the black mark upon the organization that I have caused.

    I ask not for your forgiveness, but for your understanding. I am so very, very, sorry, and we at Onward State continue to pray for Coach Paterno.

    Sincerely,

    Devon Edwards

    A student run blog that has the balls to stand up and do the right thing.

    I find it ironic that a PSU student can do the right thing and resign but the PSU BOT members who lead the University that student attends cannot.

    This post was edited by danmcc on 1/21/2012 at 10:35 PM

    danmcc ●

  • Devon did what he felt was right, which was above and beyond what many people would have done. Props to him.

    blerms

  • blerms said...

    Devon did what he felt was right, which was above and beyond what many people would have done. Props to him.

    I agree....

    Read somewhere that CBS quoted the source "onward state" for its story..... so they are clearly passing the buck and are not going to admit any mistake

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  • Jason Whitlock has been backing him up on twitter.

    WhitlockJason Jason Whitlock
    Anyone know this Penn State kid Devon Edwards? He's gonna be a great human being and journalist if he chooses.

    WhitlockJason Jason Whitlock
    Penn State kid journalist w/more integrity than Mark Schwarz, Charles Rawlsbinson, etc.. on.fb.me/AFjSrB Read this! #paterno

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    @Devon2012 Can't express how proud I am of the way you handled your mistake. You have the integrity to be an awesome journalist.

    @Devon2012 please keep me in the loop on if u need assistance getting established in the business. Email me at ballstate68@aol.com

    WhitlockJason Jason Whitlock
    RT @jallen6: Funny that CBS didn't site/report how they got the story from Edwards until they retracted the statement. Shame on them.

    Itzsessil

  • LOL Devon was one of my least favorite people before this (I knew him from before I noticed he was on 247/Audibles) and now he's even more of a clown. I can't stand that kid.

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    shavisimo2

  • Is this the same Devon that said he didn't want Tony Dungy as the next HC because he's a Christian and that he's a bad dad because his son killed himself?

    PSU17

  • PSU17 said...

    Is this the same Devon that said he didn't want Tony Dungy as the next HC because he's a Christian and that he's a bad dad because his son killed himself?

    Yep. Same old Devon. I'm certainly not surprised he started it all.

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    shavisimo2

  • So was it Ben Jones who actually reported this?

    We Are27731

  • PSU17 said...

    Is this the same Devon that said he didn't want Tony Dungy as the next HC because he's a Christian and that he's a bad dad because his son killed himself?

    Yes. Just one reason I have a very hard time respecting anything about him.

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    psubills62

  • We Are..... said...

    So was it Ben Jones who actually reported this?

    No it was the blog onward state.

    Itzsessil

  • We Are..... said...

    So was it Ben Jones who actually reported this?

    No, he is with Black Shoe Diaries.

    As for Devon ... he came clean and admitted he screwed up. He isn't hiding from what he did.

    If winning was easy even losers would do it.

    Lang06 ●

  • We Are..... said...

    So was it Ben Jones who actually reported this?

    No.

    psufan32

  • Unreal. He's by far the worst poster I've ever seen.

    PSU17

  • psubills62 said...

    Yes. Just one reason I have a very hard time respecting anything about him.

    I certainly don't respect misreporting a person's death. No retraction makes up for the rollercoaster he put PSU nation through tonight with misinformation. The worst part, we're going to have to go through it all again now when Joe does pass.

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    shavisimo2

  • Thanks guys, that's what I thought, but I alsoreally thought I read in another thread that it was him.

    We Are27731

  • We Are..... said...

    Thanks guys, that's what I thought, but I alsoreally thought I read in another thread that it was him.

    Other people thought it was BJ, but that seems to be inaccurate.

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    shavisimo2

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