Penn State, not Penn: NY Times ripped for mixup

PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania students are upset with The New York Times for confusing their school with scandal-plagued Penn State.

Some print editions of Wednesday's newspaper include the headline "Personal Foul at Penn" for a Maureen Dowd column that actually blasts Penn State. The column's last line refers to "Penn scoundrels."

Penn State, not Penn, is engulfed in allegations that a former assistant football coach sexually abused children. Students at the Penn blog "Under the Button" are demanding an apology from Dowd and the paper.

The Times did not return a request for comment, though corrections have been made online.

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Penn is a private, Ivy League school in Philadelphia founded by Benjamin Franklin. Penn State is a land-grant institution 150 miles away in State College that receives some public funds.

[Jaylah54]

I remember a time when the NYT was actually considered a responsible newspaper with high journalistic standards.

That was a long time ago, of course.

[feudi]

I'm a proud graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Penn has had more than its share of perverted faculty over the past decade, including one professor who took child sex tours in Asia, and another one who murdered his wife. This nonsense about the Dowd article is so far from the point, it's hardly worth clarifying.
I am heartbroken at what's happened at Penn State. Joe Paterno is a hero of mine. Heroes are hard to find.

[jade84116]

We all make mistakes.

[LoadedAndDangerous]

The Liberal media, both print and television don't make mistakes, it's your fault.