Rushing to be wrong

So CBS news blew it tonight and declared Joe Paterno dead, only to retract it.

The initial report did make some newspaper sites, plus UPI. I do not know about AP

Apparently CBS picked it up from a site called "Onward State."

http://onwardstate.com/2012/01/21/a-letter-from-the-managing-editor-of-onward-state/

 

The day and age we live in. Eff up, just retract it and move on. No accountability whatsoever.

 

Wait, somebody still looks at UPI?

 

If it's not on Deadspin, it's not news.

 

http://deadspin.com/5878184/reports-joe-paterno-has-died-still-alive-at-85-[update]

 

I liked darwin better when he was americanidiot

 

He's just sending up some flares now to see if the coast is clear to re-air the laundry.

 

How much better?

 

A smidge.

 

This is the paid-fansite-posts-new-coaching-hire flub writ very large.

We have one advantage in this line of work, and that's our credibility. You protect it, in part, by not getting hung out with a wrong story.

And you do that by doing your own reporting.

The CBS site has some work to do to crawl back from this.

 

How many pink slips to come from this?

 

One.

From the kid who already resigned.

CBS ain't firing anybody. They'll just want everyone to forget about it.