Originally Posted by analog

I didn't say don't talk to them at all, ever. I said they can wait until he's ready- and since you're all blaming his lack of word control on his grieving, then I'm saying he should have grieved enough that he's able to make statements. He could have taken one extra day. Sidenote: I don't give a flying monkey's ass what people want to hear about. People can wait.

We don't owe anything to the media. His job, if he's a friend, is to his friend and the family- and last I checked, Irwin is dead and no longer in need of a publicity manager. From here on out, he would manage his intellectual property interests, if anything. Right now, Irwin's interests are his family and friends that need to cope. This guy could have waited (a few more hours? a day?) until he felt ready to talk to the media. For a guy who supposedly spends his life immersed in the media, he made a poor choice to speak extemporaneously while under such severe circumstances. There's no reason he couldn't have waited a few more hours, or until the next day.