Let me say this as a response to the tweet.
Yup, there's no doubt that besides having to grieve in the most unimaginable way, the family did have to deal with the outside noise and bullshirt. It forking sucks and I'm sorry they have had to endure not only the loss of their family member but the other bullshirt that's been out there.
When I lost my sister and her family, media began not swarming but certainly checking in/asking questions. I mean, single-plane crash, multiple dead, etc. And rumors became fact that family were tied to someone who worked at one of the TV stations in town.
I/we worked with the sheriff's office and they said, "You control the story." Later, working in my current job with my great boss says, "Control the narrative."
We didn't want speculation. We wanted the photos that depicted them in the greatest light in the public eye, not some random bullshirt found on my sister's Facebook page.
So, yes, we did a release 24 hours later saying they had died (though they would not be positively identified for another five days) and giving descriptions of their lives. Where they were from, their jobs, their survivors. And photos for media to use that we wanted out there. We controlled it. I did it because, well, I was in the media and knew how to craft these things and also shielding the rest of the family from that outside noise as much as possible in the darkest moments of our lives.
This family had to do the same. It's beyond unfortunate. We should be celebrating her life after a tragic accident. Instead, she has been vilified for no reason. All because some forking clown spouts off his mouth about DEI nonsense. And if you hadn't noticed the past few days, it pisses me the fork off.
