In the scramble to cover yesterday’s horrible and shocking news that Robin Williams was dead, apparently by his own hand — and in the absence of any hard information other than the fact that he died from asphyxiation and his family has asked that we respect their privacy — ABC decided that the best way to cover the event was not with nostalgic Mork and Mindy or Mrs. Doubtfire clips, but an invasive live feed of aerial images of the Williams’ family home. It’s fair and reasonable to show an image of the home — the location of an international celebrity’s death is newsworthy, like it or not — but it’s a garbage strategy to send a helicopter to pointlessly hover over that location when it’s a private residence with a grieving family inside, as you’re simultaneously reporting that Williams’ family has asked that you refrain from doing exactly what you are doing.