John Carroll, professor of mass communication at Boston University and senior media analyst for WBUR-FM, recalled how he was "flame-broiled on the Internet" for missing the satire in a blog he cited on television. Carroll chose not to fire back, but acknowledged he might have made a mistake.
"What I decided to do - and I don't recommend this - was not to respond because I thought there is just no bottom to that well," he said.
"You'll never win getting into spitting matches with these people. And they have a lot more time on their hands than I do."
