I'm LDS and I'm gonna have to call you to the floor for this comment. The article is a direct copy past from the church's official website and the poster made no comments about the post, just put it out there for everyone to see.
He isn't doing any more or less to make Mormons look bad or good then the church itself did by posting it on their website today.
I’m kind of scratching my head too. I am a member of the Church. I just thought it would be good for everyone to see what the Church thinks about what happened, “officially”. There are so many kooks out there saying whatever they feel like saying, independent of the truth, that I figured this was a worthwhile thing to do. The article speaks for itself in my opinion.