A post on X, the platform once known as Twitter, eulogized the wrong Laura Lynch, who then commented to correct the user. (Screenshot/X)
The main photo being shared is one of Lynch, the journalist, attending a 2019 media gala in California. This was originally available for purchase on a stock photo site, Getty Images, without a disclosure in the caption about what Lynch does or where she works. The site has since added the word “journalist” to its caption of her image.
“People are rushing to get things done but we’re still supposed to check the facts,” Lynch said. “Photos are powerful.”
Laura Lynch, the musician who co-founded the popular country band in 1989, died in a head-on vehicle collision on a highway outside of El Paso on Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
Lynch left the band in 1995. A statement from The Chicks after her sudden death called Lynch a “bright light” who was “instrumental” to the group’s early success.