From what i could gather from watching the evening news, it seems the media are bashing the pilots. They were citing violation of sterile cockpit rules that led to inattention to the airspeed, followed by the Captain's inability to properly recover from a stall. They also were stating that the FO commented on how she had never seen icing before and mentioned her inexperience. Also, the Captain had failed three checkrides and lied to Colgan on his application about it. The FO had also apparently been fired from Chitaqua for "poor decision makin". Even John Nance slammed them.

I will refrain from stating my opinion on this matter, but if all of what the media is saying is true, how do these people slip through the cracks?