Rush to judgement is the whole point of opinion media. And as an opinion writer myself I suffer a bit of prejudice on this issue. I tend to believe that MSNBC and FOX NEWS which are opinion channels are only doing what they are suppose to be doing. It is ABC, NBC, CBS and the sickly boring CNN who should watch their step.
I also believe that fear of being wrong often goes way too far in reporting the news in general. But there is the issue of fingering the wrong person and having that ruin their lives. Well until they win a lawsuit and become rich. So this is one of those issues where I can’t seem to get it up over one way or the other.