A BUCKET OF ASSHOLERY

[HairOfTheDog]

However, media frenzies have their own volition; the national coverage and exponential donations aren't their doing. I don't think the family is using the girl and planned it all out...

The national coverage and the exponential donations aren't whose doing, Cutz?

The family started the GoFundMe page and the grandma agreed to the media interviews regarding the story -- it was the family's intentional doing, whether their story turns out to be true or not.

I don't think the media deserves all of the credit (or, possibly, blame) for the national coverage and the fund-raising success -- the media increased the family's exposure with the family's active participation.