The news stories about the statue have been consistently appearing since 2012. That’s a fact. Anyone can fact check that and see for themselves.
One only needs to search “Return of Joe Paterno Statue” and stories pop up from Foxnews stations to the LA Times, from UsaToday to CNN.
I have a search list up right now that has page after page of news stories about return of the statue, The subject is well-known to Pennsylvanians.
It’s not a big news story in PA. It simply isn’t. Anyone telling you it is, is full of baloney.