April 1, 2012

In an April Fools’ Day stunt few followers found funny, Penn State student publication Onward State sent out a tweet announcing the death of its former managing editor, Devon Edwards, who was responsible for prematurely tweeting news of former football coach Joe Paterno’s death in January. This Storify captures the tweets and response:


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