Newtown Residents Excoriate The Media On Facebook

"Cameras just aimed at the door to the funeral home..." Newtowners, and others, vent their frustrations: "Now the curtain needs to close."

On Monday, the Newtown Bee posted this notice urging restraint in the media:

Residents started sharing their stories, some sad, some shocking:

"Phone calls from 7am to 11pm..." "Respect the families as they lay their babies to rest..."

"I had a person from CBS news lie to me..."

"Cameras just aimed at the door to the funeral home..."

One resident is recording what he calls "morally gross" conduct by the press:

Another says she spoke to the police about it:

Others are just angry:

A former Bee employee weighs in:

"The President came... Now the curtain needs to close..."

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