Did Game Writers Create Jack Thompson?

Over the weekend we ran a Letter to the Editor from former Entertainment Software Association president Doug Lowenstein. In it, Lowenstein takes game journalists to task for giving Thompson a soap box to stand on and, to some degree, says the media helped create Thompson. He then says that instead of celebrating the seemingly inevitable disbarment of Thompson, journalists should take this time to reflect on whether their coverage has matured over the years. What do you think? Did the media make Jack?