No, not really. The fascination with aviation accidents generally seems odd to me. A plane skids off a runway in Buenos Aires with no injuries and it still makes global headlines, and the MSM is on it for the next week, etc etc... the media just seems to hype nothing into something. But I guess that’s not news either!
Now if some guy purposely rams a plane into an IRS building in Texas with the intent of causing death and destruction, THAT I can see as very newsworthy nationally. However, if that same guy had tried to take off from the local GA airport overloaded with fuel, luggage and golf clubs, and he stalled and crashed in a field and scared a few cows, I don’t see why that gets beyond the local news.
PS, since you mention it, sorry to hear about your friend’s brother’s crash, got any deatils on it? When?