Posted for "Chuck Jensen" <cjensen@dts9000.com>:

 Kevin,
 
 I don't disagree, but its two different issues; one is a newspaper and
 the other is a history book.  The history book waits for all the facts
 to be sorted out (and then somebody puts a historical spin on it), then
 it is published.
 
 It's contrary to our nature to not want immediate information, even if
 it is not complete or whole accurate.  The peril with speculation and
 drawing conclusions from an incomplete set of facts lies with the
 author.  The author of the correspondence has a very high level of
 responsibility to the accident victim's), companies, witnesses and not
 the least, the readers to differentiate between fact, speculation and
 tentative conclusions.  Unfortunately, this responsibility is not always
 discharged at the level that we would like to see, but we are grown ups
 (at least I try to act like one most times) and when we read
 posting/newspapers/magazine/6 O'clock news, we should have our BS filter
 fully armed and at the ready.
 
 In short the recipient of the information has a shared responsibility
 with the author of the information for interpretation.
 
 Chuck Jensen