A Black Eye For Blogs?

A slew of bloggers were quick to criticize former hostage Jill Carroll's statements in a propaganda video created by her captors – before she released a statement explaining that her comments were made under duress and are not an accurate reflection of her views. Ever The Moderate Voice, Joe Gandelman has an exhaustive look at some of the knee-jerk reactions, which he views as a big black eye for the blogosphere.

The era of the shoot-your-keyboard-first and see-if-its-accurate later (and do it in a way that makes a political point you make on your site so it fits in with your ongoing narrative) is upon us.