The killing of so many, including children, at a concert in Manchester is tragic, but I find the broadcasting media seem more interested in the sound of their own voices. They have been going on from 4am on radio and now on TV repeating the same old questions to those who survived the bomb blast, and anyone else they can use to make a story, and changing TV programs to talk more.
Yes, some who have been at the concert may want to get it off their chest, but what good is it doing for the ones who have lost a loved one? Look how many presenters are reporting it and how many channels are all doing what one person could do? Then they will be digging up some celeb, or the Archbishop of Canterbury, and asking the same questions, often negative, and just justifying the high number of presenters used to tell us what one or two could do.
It raises the old chestnut, how many does it take to change a light bulb? Well with the broadcasting median about 50.
Others of us have experienced similar things but did not have the showbiz media we have nowadays. To me all this saturation coverage is helping the ones who want to cause complete chaos.
What would be more positive and logical would not being so slack letting those who had gone to fight with ISS or other groups back into the UK. As it was, the bomber it seems was known to the services, but it has become non-PC to be able to have an open, honest debate any more, because of being called racist or an Islamophobe. Such is the police state we live in, where words like prevention and responsibility are alien to the PC lobby.
D Thomas
Hisomley
Westbury