Penn State University has no evidence corroborating a claim that late football coach Joe Paterno knew in 1976 about a child sexual abuse allegation, school President Eric Barron said today.
In an open letter to the university community, Mr. Barron excoriated the “media frenzy” last week over the Paterno matter and related accusations that emerged through a civil lawsuit. He said he was “appalled by the rumor, innuendo and rush to judgment that have accompanied the media stories surrounding these allegations.”
“Unfortunately, we can’t control the 24/7 news cycle, and the tendency of some individuals in social media and the blogosphere to rush to judgment,” Mr.