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I don't think it is a question of ethics or morality on the part of the media. The media has a job to do however one wants to quantify that.
Of course the family is distraught and that is normal. They have a right to be upset. That's one side.
The other side is the range of impact the news piece perhaps caused in a positive sense. If it created an emotion to act in any way because of it, then it did it's job. Maybe hundreds of people decided to sign up for duty because of it. Or volunteer time to help recovering veterans. Or just realized how short life is and decided to be a better person because of it.
As for the reporter on the internet trying to find people to interview. She should have contacted the site administrator to find a better way to get what she was looking for. But who knows,..lazy or just exasberated at going that route in the first place. Need both sides to really know.
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