And as you said, including the handle of the mom in all of this? Forget her tab, she probably had alerts on her phone until she no doubt shut them off.

As if that isn’t bad enough, once McGraw’s skepticism is debunked, she hops on to harangue the grieving mom.

Since she wants to play detective, I’ll play dime store psychologist. I think this McGraw woman is trying to get publicity out of someone else’s tragedy.

I don’t know Shellie but funny enough I don’t think she lives that far from me. I only recently came back to “personal” blogging so the names are new and unfamiliar. But none of that matters, you hear a mom just lost her child and there are no words. But the fact that some people can be so heartless and uncaring does somehow, even in today’s society, have the ability to shock me on some level.

My niece died at 7 months old from SIDS. It was the hardest thing I have yet gone through in my life and I know if it was my child it would be soooo much worse. When it happened, my sister wasn’t on good terms with the father. To make a long story short his family accused my sister of smothering her. It was beyond horrifying to deal with what happened on top of the things they were throwing at her/us. There is little greatness in the autopsy showing that absolutely was not the case. Which is similiar to the demanding of proof. I really wonder what is wrong with some people…

It is one thing to be skeptical when a horrible tragedy is initially broadcast across Twitter, but it’s another to attack the person who is the subject of the story. Madison is guilty of harassment, without a doubt. Since she clearly considers herself a detective of sorts, she should have done her “investigating” in private rather than chronicle her “research” to the mother.

Horrible tragedy and horrible aftermath.

I think blocking and ignoring this Madison person would have been more effective than fighting back and demanding that her account be removed. Don’t read her tweets, don’t read her blog. Now that the story has been verified, sit back and let her eat that big ol’ plate of crow.

But keep in mind, people who are saying that being skeptical is natural and at times necessary are NOT siding with this Madison person, so lumping us all together and labeling everyone “assholes” doesn’t accomplish anything other than alienating people who were remaining neutral. Plus it just adds to the list of bad behaviors that are giving Mom bloggers a bad name. I know you ladies are a tight-knit community and I know you are all quick to rally around one another in times of tragedy but perhaps being so vicious towards people on the outside just does more harm than good. Saying that they understand skepticism is NOT the same as saying that it’s okay to publicly hound someone in such a cruel, callous manner.