Huffington Post
Covering the
John Mark Karr story was a "giant waste of time and resources, occurred at the expense of real news affecting real lives: A major crisis in the Middle East, a civil war in Iraq that's killing an average of 100 Iraqis a day and with our troops stuck smack-dab in the middle of it," writes
Bob Geiger. "There should be a lot of very red faces in newsrooms all over the United States right about now -- there should be, but I doubt there will be."
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E&P: We were among the first to question media's assumptions (E&P)
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A great two-week story, a horrific misappropriation of priorities (HP)
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Journalism prof says decision to pursue Karr was "courageous" (RMN)
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Knee-jerk reaction is to say media ought to apologize (Chicago Trib)
