[A knight without armor]

You are so right. There is way more to this then we are told. I even think the word "smirked" is a way to further paint the sister to be horrible. We just don't know if she is a monster or what.

[pollyannaish]

I love the fact that the journalist used the "smirked" as part of a quote to provide plausible deniability regarding bias. Ah...stupid journalists tricks. (Figuratively speaking of course.)

Victimhood is a great selling technique. I am amazed at how many times it shows up on magazine and newspaper covers conceptually.