I don't disagree that the article should have been written, just that he was out of line for including his opinion on some guy's death, prioritizing his own navel-gazing over people actually involved with the person. If he hadn't included his "reflections" and stuck with "X passed away, here's who he was, here's what happened, here's a related event that happened because of it", I would also have had no issue, but he did include it, and participated in the same "controversy" he's trying to detail here, so I did take issue.
It's not fair to think someone writing a news story has a "due diligence" responsibility? okay.
I don't disagree that the article should have been written, just that he was out of line for including his opinion on some guy's death, prioritizing his own navel-gazing over people actually involved with the person. If he hadn't included his "reflections" and stuck with "X passed away, here's who he was, here's what happened, here's a related event that happened because of it", I would also have had no issue, but he did include it, and participated in the same "controversy" he's trying to detail here, so I did take issue.
It's not fair to think someone writing a news story has a "due diligence" responsibility? okay.