Is It Time?

[anneasquith]

Is it time to leave the people of Manchester to grieve without the 24/7 media involvement.

[max137]

Yes time for the media to step aside,some of the reporting has been to say the least mediocre.

[jackthehat]

The reporting has, on too many occasions, been toe-curling, intrusive and repetitive.

Let the London media-types quietly fold up their tents and steal away back down south. We have sufficient news reporters and outlets up here to keep us appraised of any new developments.

[anneasquith]

Indeed jth and max, give these people some peace.

[wolf63]

So many people feel that the police should be giving a step by step update on everything that has happened and how the investigation is doing.

We should be told information on a 'need' to know basis and not for any other reason.

So - yes, they should leave the families of those killed and injured in peace and also leave the police and/or military to do their job unhindered my the media.

[-Talbot-]

There is an ongoing investigation http://news.sky.com/story/raided-barbershop-visited-by-salman-abedi-shut-down-day-after-bombing-10893763

the media will not be leaving just yet.

[Apariah]

yes, I believe it is.

[Old_Geezer]

Yes. So I shall expect it to die down in about three weeks then.

[choux]

Ask Ms Campbell?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4544450/Manchester-victim-Olivia-Campbell-s-mother-gets-tattoo.html

[-Talbot-]

Everyone has their own way of dealing with bereavement but I am not all together comfortable with the way Ms Campbell is choosing to cope.
Perhaps I am wrong for even expressing that but it's the truth.

[Islay]

First time for everything I agree with Talbot!!

I also think there are too many ghouls that enjoy this type of media scramble

[anneasquith]

It's certainly not for me to question how anyone should or should not deal with grief.

[scooping]

If it wasn't for the media you wouldn't have a clue what's going on. Loved the Muslim elder in Didsbury who told the Press what to report. No, pal. That's not how it works in a free society.

[jno]

the media will back off if they sense a backlash; riding a moral high horse is always difficult. My feeling at the time was that they got into hysterics over the Westminster Bridge attack in London; now I suppose they think they have to spend more time on what is clearly a far more tragic incident. If enough of the people affected tell them to go away, they will.

[scooping]

Most people, faced with a terrible loss, want people to know - through the media - that their loved-one will be missed. Don't blame the media for channeling their wishes.

[choux]

jno, is it really " clearly a far more tragic incident". Any loss of life, at whatever age, at the hands of terrorist(s) is tragic imo. I might agree that in terms of ages of most of the victims this particular atrocity will linger longer in the minds of all decent people.

[jno]

that was my feeling, choux: more people killed, children included, and they were deliberately targeted, unlike a crazed driver charging into pedestrians, which I think makes it more shocking and more tragic. I appreciate others may disagree.

[choux]

scooping, "channeling" may cross over to "feeding" in certain cases.
Grieving is a very personal emotion which has to be faced. Chacun à son goût.

[Eleena]

Yes I think so. I want to go to St. Anne's Square, but I haven't yet.