I had expected this to come down to "Hey, a guy is dead, could we take a moment here?" But no, they really seem to be complaining about the attention paid to p

I had expected this to come down to "Hey, a guy is dead, could we take a moment here?" But no, they really seem to be complaining about the attention paid to policies that really should have gotten attention a long, long time ago. He is right, though: refer journalists to the media department. If you're not authorized to speak on behalf of the company, don't. Even if you are, deflection is the safe thing to do, because the press is not your friend and dealing with them is best left to the people who make a living at it. His company is going to get beat up for a few media cycles. And then it will go away. His media department knows this, because that's what they do.