Oh, the media can certainly be horribly exploitative in moments of tragedy, no question. Cameras and microphones shoved into people's faces, forcing them to explain what happened and what they saw over and over again, making them try and talk when they probably want to tell people to just go away in no uncertain terms...I don't argue that at all. It's disgusting when those moments do happen, too.
But at the same time, what are they supposed to do, not report it? If they do, they're exploiting and don't care, if they don't, they're neglectful and don't care. Which is it? And besides that, for those who have loved ones in the area and are unfortunate enough to hear about the tragedy via the news, I'm pretty sure they'd like to know exactly what's going on and where so they can figure out if their loved ones are all right or if they need to start making frantic phone calls.
Also, I'm pretty sure that most reporters still do care. They just have a job to do, one I'm sure they wish didn't involve talking about stuff like this.
Angela