... and the author has failed to adequately communicate that person's story. I didn't say a thing about the subject of the piece. Is it poor taste to criticize

... and the author has failed to adequately communicate that person's story. I didn't say a thing about the subject of the piece. Is it poor taste to criticize everything associated remotely with something tragic? What about poorly done WWII documentaries? Can I criticize them? Just saying Nicholas Sparks probably shouldn't be writing news articles.