Before the 'selfie' was posted, everyone on Twitter was screaming at Toronto media to STOP reporting on Rob Ford's presence at the accident scene. Stop making the story about him. So what if he was there? Lots of people were there on a busy street! Stop making it sound like he was helpful -- he did nothing special, calling Andy Byford does nothing for the victim, Byford would have been notified anyways, etc. STOP DISRESPECTING THE VICTIM AND HER FAMILY! THIS IS NOT ABOUT ROB FORD!!
NOW... oh now it's okay to disrespect the victim and her family??? Screw that dead lady, look -- Rob Ford was there... and he did something tacky!! Isn't he just soooo..... ewwww!
I'm sorry, but you can't have it both ways. What, exactly, should the media say about the Rob Ford selfie?? How is it news? Posing for a photo with a fan at that scene is not illegal. It did not impede efforts to save the lady or investigate the accident. It was a very (very, very, very, very, very) tasteless thing to do (in one's subjective opinion), but it's not news.
If it had been Justin Bieber who posed for that selfie, and the media reported on it as yet another Bieber-scandal, people would be furious with the media for using a tragic death for sensationalist stories, and treating the victim as merely a sideshow to a Bieber story. No one would say "Thanks to the media for helping educate our young people that Bieber is not a nice person nor positive role model, hopefully kids will stop worshiping him" or any such thing.
This is the thing about some of the Ford haters; they have really become so blinded by their hate, they can't see past it.