I'll gladly acknowledge that there were plenty of people trying hard to keep things in check, but it can be observed that at some point things went off the rails, e.g. http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1cn9ga/is_missing_st...

Yes - it seems speculators here got it right this time.

Somebody get OP reddit gold for life.

Reddit was right!

gif of missing brown student & suspect in marathon bombing (subsequently tweeted by Salon, etc.)

Dude...this thread is going to go down in history!

Reddit 1.... news media 0