ABCNEWS.com : Group Denies Killing U.S. Marine Hostage, claiming that statements posted on websites in its name are false. The status of Hassoun, a US soldier of Lebanese heritage, is unclear. Here's hoping he's alive and well.
In the meantime, it shows that the Internet can be a two-edged sword, providing a means to spread terror and to spread misinformation that makes things so confusing it rather waters it down.
The same can be said for news. Ironically, there are things I've known of first because the stories broke online, yet it can be difficult to trust the veracity, and sometimes they make it into the traditional media unfiltered, so it's difficult to verify any story. Thankfully there are those out there who try to debunk hoaxes, but still, it's a difficult challenge to find the 'truth', one that has always existed in terms of the media and the bias of eyewitness accounts, but is magnified a thousand-fold in today's arena of instant information access.
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