I'll put this here, I guess, in a way it's about the calls/videos release:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100526/NEWS/100529593?p=1&tc=pg
Hank Croslin and family in Putnam: an unscripted reality show
more at link
snipped from link above:
...Misty Croslin's attorney, Robert Fields, said he never anticipated the fallout the case has generated. Family members, Fields said, have become caught up in the rise of what he considers tabloid media -- including bloggers and other Internet sites.
Fields characterized some of the blogs and other attention as "venomous" and done by people who have nothing better to to do with their lives.
"In looking at it objectively, (Hank and Lisa) did not directly create the situation, but Misty is partly a product of their parentship," Fields said. "They are public figures, but I don't think they put themselves out there. Misty put herself out there. It is interesting."
Mr. Fields is correct in that Hank and Lisa did not directly create the situation. Indirectly? More than likely-- given we can see how trouble 2 out of 3 of their children turned out. JMHO.
Yes Mr. Fields they are considered public figures because
they did put themselves out there.
How soon after Haleigh's disappearance did they begin to involve themselves with the investigation by speaking to PI's not directly involved with local LE?
How soon after Haleigh disappeared did Hank and Lisa give statements to the press and interviews to media?
Why does Hank continue to give interviews and make comments to the press?
The media and the internet communities are not to blame for any of their misfortune at this moment in time. IMHO. I would even wager to say if Hank and Lisa had not made statements to the media and had not made statements to a cast of characters that descended on that area shortly after Haleigh was reported missing. (Which IMHO was like watching clowns pour out of a car at the circus---without the aid of a shoehorn or vaseline).
I do understand that many people do not realize that their actions reported as a peripheral character in a missing child being covered on national TV will be scrutinized---not just by media but also by responsible members of the internet that want to know the same thing as the reporters. Who is this and why should we trust what they are saying about this?
But you would think that given a learning curve that after a while. It just might be in your best interest to hush up and fade away. I will not insult Hank Sr. and Lisa by saying that they are incapable of not knowing that by directly commenting on this case to the media that they haven't brought some of the attention to themselves. They know and they didn't have a problem with it until they could use it as a reason why they are unemployable.
It's an excuse.
Do I feel sorry for them? Yes. I do. I feel sorry that they have this far by all appearances lived their lives by making not only poor choices but horrific choices. Over and Over and Over.
I don't feel sorry enough for them to say to myself "aww, poor things this is just none of their fault and bless their hearts they have always done the best they could and look how they get kicked when they are down" (not saying anyone on here is saying that). Because at the end of the day they are reaping what they sowed years ago, and not so long ago too.
All of the above is just my opinon.