[rquantz]

I agree that maybe a more objective angle would have conveyed the information a little better. However, your comment is in poor taste. This is a real person they're talking about, someone who suffered and died. Not a character in a movie.

[tvawnz]

... and the author has failed to adequately communicate that person's story.

I didn't say a thing about the subject of the piece. Is it poor taste to criticize everything associated remotely with something tragic? What about poorly done WWII documentaries? Can I criticize them?

Just saying Nicholas Sparks probably shouldn't be writing news articles.

[rquantz]

You're welcome to criticize it. But comparisons to The Lord of the Rings, of all things, were tone deaf. This is not some epic fantasy for your amusement.

[cperciva]

comment is in poor taste. This is a real person they're talking about, someone who suffered and died. Not a character in a movie.

I agree that there's poor taste, but I think the poor taste is in writing about a person as if they were a character in a movie, not in pointing out that horrific writing style.

[rquantz]

Yes, exactly. Thank you.