Mother tweets while son dies... or not

I'm disgusted by what some journalists call 'news' and the way they twist facts to make them sound more outrageous.

I read an article headlined 'Mum Shellie Ross tweets while her son dies'. It sounds apalling. It makes you think the mother was glued to her computer while her son was lying unconscious on the floor.

Instead, it turns out her toddler had fallen in the pool. Her oldest son called the paramedics, and half an hour after the paramedics arrived, Ms Ross tweeted to her 5000 followers with a request for prayer. Five hours later, she tweeted again to mourn the death of her son.

She tweeted twice in five hours. Neither time was she tweeting rather than trying to save her son. The first time was when paramedics were already at the location. The second time was after the boy died. It's disgusting that she's been harassed by journalists, and now the public, and now she's had to give an answer for herself.

Leave her alone. She wasn't neglecting her son when she tweeted. People grieve in different ways.