She said, “Whether its Gibson, Tom Cruise or Alec Baldwin, the descent from media darling to pariah can happen quickly after they do something dumb. I was part of that pack of journalists paid to pounce, so I know. I consider myself intelligent, someone who makes up her own mind, but just like readers do, I have accepted some reports at face value. The press said that based on Gibsons statements, he was a homophobe, a misogynist, a bully, an ant-Semite, so he must be.” Sounds like she went along with the pack.
Yes, she DID go along with the pack until she got to know him. Then she made up her own mind.