In journalism there's a balancing act between telling people the truth and causing distress. It is important to reveal what actually happened, to show that this is real life and bombs do awful, dreadful things to real people just like us ? that it's not like a Hollywood movie. It would be wrong to downplay the enormity of a tragedy like this.
At the same time news editors and reporters will be censoring some of the more distressing details because they won't be fit for publication.
The point about people wanting to tell their stories is very true. As a journalist, I've seen how anxious people are to tell you about their experiences and about their missing, injured or even dead family and friends - to tell people what they've been through and describe the people they've lost. When you hear about the poor woman who was a cleaner at UCLH, and a community worker, and a student, and a mother, it brings home the depth of the tragedy.
Thank God I've never been bereaved in these circumstances. But when I've lost people dear to me, I have felt this urge to tell other people all about them ? to explain what the world has lost. To make them live again in people's thoughts. For some people, not all, of course, this can actually be helpful.
Doesn't mean journalists in these situations are particularly noble, but it does mean they are doing a job which does have validity and is, in some way, important in recording these events and the very real human impact they cause. There's a quote about journalism being the first draft of history - what The Sun and the Guardian record today will be what is recalled in 10, 20 or even 50 years time.