Media Vultures Hound Girl Whose Cousin Died in Amtrak Derailment

The death toll from last night’s Amtrak derailment has risen to six, and hopefully won’t go any higher, but media vultures were already all over one girl who tweeted that her cousin had died in the accident. She’s since deleted the Tweet that led to these feverish responses, and obviously she was broken up by it all:

While all of those responsesare terrible and unnecessary, at least there’s some grace in a few of them. “Please follow me so I can send a DM” is not one of those. Not surprisingly, it came from a CNN reporter.

Social media has made everyone more accessible and easy to contact, but that doesn’t mean you should always do it.

And in other Tweets, THINK OF THE JOURNALISTS:

Once again, guys– some grace.