The media mentions if the kid was a lifeguard at the town pool, if the kid mowed lawns in the neighborhood, if the kid sang in the church choir. When a woman is run over it mentions that she was a grandmother who played mah jong; when a man dies in a house fire it states that he was a proud member of Knights of Columbus and collected old farm implements.
This is most emphatically not a value judgement on NHS. It’s just another factoid to round out an article about a tragedy. It’s called journalism 101. No reporter gives a %^&* about NHS. There’s a template to fill out when filing a story about a car crash, a drowning, whatever. It involves some color commentary after the name, age, circumstances, professional affiliation (for a grownup, where they worked. For a kid, where they went to school).
sheesh. Literal crowd here.