This Is Some Horrible News Reporting

From ESPN: A source told The Citizens' Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Saturday that Paterno's family has asked close friends and former staff members to come to the Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, where Paterno has been undergoing treatment.
After CBSSports.com reported that Paterno had died, Scott Paterno, Joe's son, and the family spokesman denied the reports.
"CBS report is wrong - Dad is alive but in serious condition. We continue to ask for prayers and privacy during this time," Scott Paterno wrote on Twitter. CBSSports.com later said that it was relying on information from OnwardState, a Penn State blog. OnwardState retracted its report, saying "We were confident when we ran with it, and are still trying to figure out where our process failed. We apologize sincerely for error."
Dan McGinn, the family's spokesman, told ABC News that reports of Joe Paterno's death at this time are "false."
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7487597/spokesman-says-joe-paterno-condition-serious-further-complications
Trust but verify and then verify somemore.
While blogs have broken stories, including this blog, a news organization should not rely on them for news unless that information is verified, especially when reporting on someone's death.
But it sounds like Jo Pa is very sick and he needs our prayers, despite what has happened in the past few months.  He ran a quality program and helped hundreds of athletes and others to get through school and become successfull in their adulthood and that is his biggest accomplishment.
And CBS needs to find out what journalism is.  They have run more than their fair share of false stories, especially when it comes to politics.